Citation

Tabrizi JS, Farahbakhsh M, Sadeghi-Bazargani H, Abdolahi HM, Nikniaz Z, Farhangi MA, Nikniaz L. Disaster Med. Public Health Prep. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Publisher Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/dmp.2019.61

PMID

31452493

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.

Language: en

Keywords

Lake Urmia crisis; anemia; health; hypertension; non-communicable disease