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Effects of stress as cardiovascular risk factor in drivers

Author: 
Balanaga Nandhini D., Shanthini, R. and Tamilkodi, M.
Subject Area: 
Health Sciences
Abstract: 

Introduction: Stress is essentially the body’s reaction to a threatening impulse. The drivers are worst affected because of the more congested roads that leads on to stress which is having huge impact on their health. Aim and Objectives: To estimate the Blood Pressure and blood lipid profile for professional lorry drivers and compare the results with controls. Materials and Methods: The study design was a cross sectional study. The study was carried out in the Institute of Physiology, Madurai Medical College, Madurai. The study group is divided into two groups. Group A consisted of 25 subjects who were professional lorry drivers and Group B consisted of 25 subjects who were in control group. Blood pressure was measured and blood lipid profiles were estimated for both study and control groups, in fasting blood sample. The test was done in our Biochemistry lab by standard enzymatic technique CHOD-PAP, End point method. Results: Statistical analysis was done using the student “t” test. In control subjects, Mean ± SD of the systolic pressure, Diastolic pressure, total cholesterol, Low Density Lipoprotein and High Density Lipoprotein were 111.2 ± 10.92, 74.32 ± 7.2 mm Hg, 160.76 ± 22.44, 91.96 ± 20.09 and 41.92 ± 10.87 mg% respectively. In lorry drivers, Mean ± SD of the systolic pressure, Diastolic pressure, total cholesterol, Low Density Lipoprotein and High Density Lipoprotein were 138 .64 ± 20.29, 89.84 ± 10.13 mm Hg, 233.56 ± 17.72, 178.97 ± 16.61 and 30.64 ± 4.88 mg% respectively. Compared to the control subjects, there was a highly significant increase in the systolic blood pressure (p value of < 0.001) ,diastolic pressure (p value of < 0.001), total cholesterol (p value of < 0.001) and Low Density Lipoprotein levels (p value of < 0.001) and there was a highly significant decrease in High Density Lipoprotein level (p value of < 0.001) in lorry drivers. Conclusion: This study results showed statistically highly significant elevation of systolic pressure, diastolic pressure, total cholesterol and Low Density Lipoprotein levels and statistically significant decrease in High Density Lipoprotein in professional lorry drivers compared to control subjects. These findings indicate that there is increased cardiovascular risk factor for drivers, as driving itself is a major hidden stress. Because of increased health related risks, we have to take necessary steps to improve the health of the drivers.

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