ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2025
Hypertension and Elevated Pulse Pressure Responsive to Biomass Pollutants Exposures in Young Workers From the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.
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- Spatiotemporal Associations Between Deforestation and Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality in the Brazilian Amazon.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Effects of chronic exposure to biomass pollutants on cardiorespiratory responses and the occurrence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in healthy men.Physiological reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundOccupational biomass pollutant exposure as observed in charcoal workers may have significant cardiovascular effects. This study aims to ascertain the prevalence and risk factors of hypertension and high pulse pressure (HPP), a marker of arterial stiffness, in charcoal workers compared with a control group of agricultural workers from the Democratic Republic of Congo. METHODS AND
resultsThe charcoal worker and agricultural worker groups (n=485; median age, 35-40 years) were composed of male charcoal producers (n=229), charcoal saleswomen (n=72), male farmers (n=118), and vegetable saleswomen (n=66). We assessed workplace air pollution, sociodemographic parameters, self-reported physical activity, body composition, exhaled air carbon monoxide, and blood pressure. Hypertension and HPP prevalences were determined. Logistic regression, adjusted for confounding variables was used to identify the risk factors. Charcoal workplaces were more polluted than agricultural workplaces (
conclusionsCharcoal producers appear to develop isolated systolic hypertension and HPP more, both indices of cardiovascular events in which occupational biomass particles seem to play an early significant role.
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