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- Title
Health Consequences of Lake Urmia in Crisis in the Disaster Area: A Pilot Study.
- Authors
Tabrizi, Jafar Sadegh; Farahbakhsh, Mostafa; Sadeghi-Bazargani, Homayoun; Abdolahi, Hossein Mashhadi; Nikniaz, Zeinab; Farhangi, Mahdieh Abbasalizad; Nikniaz, Leila
- Abstract
Objective: This study investigated the health effects of Lake Urmia's drought on adjacent urban and rural areas and people. Methods: The data for sociodemographic status, physical activity, dietary pattern, smoking, and angina of the subjects living in areas adjacent to and far from Lake Urmia were collected through validated questionnaires. Physical examinations, including blood pressure, anthropometrics, and biochemical measurements, were performed. Results: There were no significant differences between 2 areas in the case of age, sex, educational, and physical activity and smoking status (P > 0.05). The mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures and the prevalence of hypertension, prehypertension, and anemia in cases living in the adjacent areas were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). No significant differences were observed between 2 districts in the prevalence of hyperlipidemia, overweight/obesity, asthma, angina, infraction, diabetes, and vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency. Conclusions: Our data showed that Lake Urmia's drought has serious effects on hypertension and anemia. More longitudinal and well-designed studies are needed to confirm these results.
- Subjects
SYSTOLIC blood pressure; BLOOD pressure; PILOT projects; LAKES; SMOKING
- Publication
Disaster Medicine & Public Health Preparedness, 2020, Vol 14, Issue 4, p442
- ISSN
1935-7893
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/dmp.2019.61