Occupational conditionality of cardiovascular diseases in workers exposed to fibrogenic dust

Abstract

Using single-factor analysis, the study covered prevalence and occupational conditionality of cardiovascular diseases in workers exposed to fibrogenic dust. The findings are higher prevalence of arterial hypertension, left ventricle myocardium hypertrophy, sinus tachycardia, obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, fasting hyperglycemia in silicosis and asbestosis patients if compared to refractory and asbestos-enrichment production workers with long length of service. Based on calculated relative risk and etiologic fraction, the authors revealed average occupational conditionality of arterial hypertension (etiologic fraction 45%), high occupational conditionality of left ventricle myocardium hypertrophy (etiologic share 59.7%), sinus tachycardia syndrome and obesity, and extremely high occupational dependence of carbohydrate metabolism (etiologic fraction 77.2%) on fibrogenic dust — that helps to assign this metabolic and cardiovascular disorders to occupationally-conditioned diseases.