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- Title
Drinking Water Fluoride and Blood Pressure? An Environmental Study.
- Authors
Amini, Hassan; Taghavi Shahri, Seyed; Amini, Mohamad; Ramezani Mehrian, Majid; Mokhayeri, Yaser; Yunesian, Masud
- Abstract
The relationship between intakes of fluoride (F) from drinking water and blood pressure has not yet been reported. We examined the relationship of F in ground water resources (GWRs) of Iran with the blood pressure of Iranian population in an ecologic study. The mean F data of the GWRs (as a surrogate for F levels in drinking water) were derived from a previously conducted study. The hypertension prevalence and the mean of systolic and diastolic blood pressures (SBP & DBP) of Iranian population by different provinces and genders were also derived from the provincial report of non-communicable disease risk factor surveillance of Iran. Statistically significant positive correlations were found between the mean concentrations of F in the GWRs and the hypertension prevalence of males ( r = 0.48, p = 0.007), females ( r = 0.36, p = 0.048), and overall ( r = 0.495, p = 0.005). Also, statistically significant positive correlations between the mean concentrations of F in the GWRs and the mean SBP of males ( r = 0.431, p = 0.018), and a borderline correlation with females ( r = 0.352, p = 0.057) were found. In conclusion, we found the increase of hypertension prevalence and the SBP mean with the increase of F level in the GWRs of Iranian population.
- Subjects
DRINKING water composition; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of fluorides; TOXICOLOGY of fluorine; BLOOD pressure; GROUNDWATER
- Publication
Biological Trace Element Research, 2011, Vol 144, Issue 1-3, p157
- ISSN
0163-4984
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12011-011-9054-5