Incidence of high blood pressure in a group of tannery workers in Brazil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública

Ricardo Cordeiro¹  Eduardo Rommel Olivência Peñaloza¹  Maria Rita Camargo Donalisio¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Departamento de Saúde PúblicaBotucatu,Brasil

关键词: Hypertension;    Incidence;    Tanning;    Occupational;    Hipertensão;    Incidência;    Curtume;    Saúde Ocupacional;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X2004000400028

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this study was to measure the incidence of high blood pressure (HBP) in a medium-size tannery in Botucatu, São Paulo State, southeast Brazil. A previous study at this tannery showed a high prevalence of arterial hypertension. A positive correlation was found between cumulated work time and arterial pressure. We followed a cohort of workers for seven years. At the end of this period, HBP incidence rate was calculated as 0.0964.year-1. This was considered high compared to other occupational groups.

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