Association between the Occurrence of Primary Hypothyroidism and the Exposure of the Population Near to Industrial Pollutants in São Paulo State, Brazil
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Atmospheric Pollutants
2.2. Study Design and Data Collection
2.3. Ethical Statement
3. Statistical Analysis
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Age | Sex | Districts | N | PH | Odds | Std. Error | Grouping |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adult | Female | Region 1 | 132 | 85 | 1.81 | 0.33 | a |
151 | 56 | 0.59 | 0.10 | b | |||
143 | 39 | 0.38 | 0.07 | b | |||
Region 2 | 164 | 23 | 0.16 | 0.04 | c | ||
193 | 27 | 0.16 | 0.03 | c | |||
143 | 6 | 0.04 | 0.02 | d | |||
Adult | Male | Region 1 | 94 | 39 | 0.71 | 0.15 | a |
89 | 24 | 0.37 | 0.09 | a | |||
94 | 20 | 0.27 | 0.07 | a | |||
Region 2 | 82 | 2 | 0.03 | 0.02 | b | ||
72 | 0 | 0 | b | ||||
126 | 4 | 0.03 | 0.02 | b | |||
C/A | Female | Region 1 | 68 | 16 | 0.31 | 0.09 | a |
51 | 10 | 0.24 | 0.09 | a | |||
51 | 14 | 0.38 | 0.12 | a | |||
Region 2 | 40 | 2 | 0.05 | 0.04 | b | ||
42 | 1 | 0.02 | 0.02 | b | |||
21 | 0 | 0 | - | b | |||
C/A | Male | Region 1 | 40 | 11 | 0.38 | 0.13 | a |
43 | 8 | 0.23 | 0.09 | a | |||
46 | 2 | 0.05 | 0.03 | a | |||
Region 2 | 48 | 0 | 0 | b | |||
27 | 0 | 0 | b | ||||
44 | 0 | 0 | b |
Location | Distance (Km) | NO2 | CO | PM10 | SO2 | VOCs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(µg/m3) | (µg/m3) | (µg/m3) | (µg/m3) | (µg/m3) | ||
Region 1 | 0.5 | 13.16 | 3.95 | 0.93 | 1.36 | 477.4 |
1 | 10.21 | 2.84 | 1.49 | 3.54 | 313.0 | |
2 | 4.32 | 1.21 | 0.83 | 2.03 | 69.3 | |
Region 2 | 7.5 | 2.15 | 0.69 | 0.19 | 0.34 | 10.5 |
8 | 1.82 | 0.59 | 0.16 | 0.33 | 9.2 | |
8.5 | 1.84 | 0.59 | 0.16 | 0.31 | 10.3 |
Age | Sex | NO2 | CO | PM10 | SO2 | VOCs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adult | Female | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.89 | 0.83 | 0.94 |
Male | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.89 | 0.66 | 0.94 | |
C/A | Female | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.71 | 0.83 | 0.77 |
Male | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.88 | 0.76 | 0.94 |
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Zaccarelli-Marino, M.A.; Alessi, R.; Balderi, T.Z.; Martins, M.A.G. Association between the Occurrence of Primary Hypothyroidism and the Exposure of the Population Near to Industrial Pollutants in São Paulo State, Brazil. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 3464. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183464
Zaccarelli-Marino MA, Alessi R, Balderi TZ, Martins MAG. Association between the Occurrence of Primary Hypothyroidism and the Exposure of the Population Near to Industrial Pollutants in São Paulo State, Brazil. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(18):3464. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183464
Chicago/Turabian StyleZaccarelli-Marino, Maria Angela, Rudá Alessi, Thalles Zaccarelli Balderi, and Marco Antonio Garcia Martins. 2019. "Association between the Occurrence of Primary Hypothyroidism and the Exposure of the Population Near to Industrial Pollutants in São Paulo State, Brazil" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 18: 3464. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183464