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Personal exposure to particulate matter and heart rate variability among informal electronic waste workers at Agbogbloshie: a longitudinal study

BMC public health, 2021-11, Vol.21 (1), p.2161-14, Article 2161 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Personal exposure to particulate matter and heart rate variability among informal electronic waste workers at Agbogbloshie: a longitudinal study
Author: Amoabeng Nti, Afua A ; Robins, Thomas G ; Mensah, John Arko ; Dwomoh, Duah ; Kwarteng, Lawrencia ; Takyi, Sylvia A ; Acquah, Augustine ; Basu, Niladri ; Batterman, Stuart ; Fobil, Julius N
Subjects: Air Pollutants - analysis ; Air Pollutants - toxicity ; Air pollution ; Air quality management ; Airborne particulates ; Cardiac function ; Cardiovascular disease ; Cardiovascular diseases ; Cardiovascular system ; Central business districts ; Community ; Coronary artery disease ; Data collection ; EKG ; Electrocardiography ; Electronic Waste ; Electronics industry wastes ; Environmental Exposure ; Health aspects ; Health risks ; Heart beat ; Heart diseases ; Heart Rate ; Heart rate variability, Agbogbloshie, Madina-Zongo ; Humans ; Informal e-waste recycling, PM2.5 ; Longitudinal Studies ; Management ; Measurement ; Methods ; Mortality ; Occupational exposure ; Outdoor air quality ; Particles ; Particulate emissions ; Particulate matter ; Particulate Matter - analysis ; Particulate Matter - toxicity ; Personal particulate matter ; PM 10–2.5 ; PM10 ; Population ; Questionnaires ; Smoking
Is Part Of: BMC public health, 2021-11, Vol.21 (1), p.2161-14, Article 2161
Description: Informal electronic waste recycling activities are major contributors to ambient air pollution, yet studies assessing the effects or relationship between direct/continuous exposure of informal e-waste workers to particulate matter and cardiovascular function are rare. Repeated measurements of fractions of PM , PM , and PM in personal air of informal e-waste workers, (n = 142) and a comparable group (n = 65) were taken over a period of 20 months (March 2017 to November, 2018). Concurrently, 5-min resting electrocardiogram was performed on each participant to assess resting heart rate variability indices. Linear mixed-effects models were used to assess the association between PM fractions and cardiac function. SDNN, RMSSD, LF, HF and LH/HF ratio were all associated with PM. Significant associations were observed for PM and Mean NN (p = 0.039), PM10 and SDNN (p = 0.035) and PM 10-2.5 and LH/HF (p = 0.039). A 10 μg/m increase in the concentrations of PM , PM , and PM in personal air was associated with reduced HRV indices and increased resting HR. A 10 μg/m per interquartile (IQR) increase in PM and PM , decreased SDNN by 11% [(95% CI: - 0.002- 0.000); (p = 0.187)] and 34% [(95% CI: - 0.002-0.001); (p = 0.035)] respectively. However, PM increased SDNN by 34% (95% CI: - 1.32-0.64); (p = 0.493). Also, 10 μg/m increase in PM , PM and PM decreased RMSSD by 27% [(- 1.34-0.79); (p = 0.620)], 11% [(- 1.73, 0.95); (p = 0.846)] and 0.57% [(- 1.56-0.46); (p = 0.255%)]. Informal e-waste workers are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease from cardiac autonomic dysfunction as seen in reduced HRV and increased heart rate.
Publisher: England: BioMed Central Ltd
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1471-2458
EISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-12241-2
PMID: 34823492
Source: Geneva Foundation Free Medical Journals
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Personal exposure to particulate matter and heart rate variability among informal electronic waste workers at Agbogbloshie: a longitudinal study

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