TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Health consequences of Lake Urmia in crisis in the disaster area: a pilot study
JO  - Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
A1  - Tabrizi, Jafar Sadegh
A1  - Farahbakhsh, Mostafa
A1  - Sadeghi-Bazargani, Homayoun
A1  - Abdolahi, Hossein Mashhadi
A1  - Nikniaz, Zeinab
A1  - Farhangi, Mahdieh Abbasalizad
A1  - Nikniaz, Leila
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the health effects of Lake Urmia's drought on adjacent urban and rural areas and people. <br><br>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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1935-7893
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2019.61
ID  - ref1
ER  -