PMID- 32512868
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20201005
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 11
DP  - 2020 Jun 4
TI  - The Nexus between Workplace Exposure for Wood, Welding, Motor Mechanic, and Oil 
      Refinery Workers and the Prevalence of Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph17113992 [doi]
LID - 3992
AB  - Workplace exposure in various occupational and industrial sectors is an emerging 
      health concern worldwide. This study aimed to investigate the nexus between 
      workplace exposure for wood, welding, motor mechanic, and oil refinery workers 
      and the prevalence of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Initially, 2500 
      male volunteers who were wood, welding, motor mechanic, and oil refinery workers 
      were interviewed. After an examination of their demographics and medical history, 
      1408 non-smoking wood (158), welding (560), motor mechanic (272), and oil 
      refinery workers (217), along with 201 control subjects, were selected. The 
      participants' mean age was 36.59 +/- 0.29 years and the mean body mass index was 
      26.14 +/- 0.11 kg/m(2). The selected industry workers had been exposed to their 
      respective wood, welding, motor mechanic, and oil refinery workplaces for 8 h per 
      day, six days per week. The American Diabetic Association (ADA)-based glycated 
      hemoglobin (HbA1c) criterion was used to diagnose prediabetes and type 2 diabetes 
      mellitus. Subjects with an HbA1c of less than 5.7% were regarded as 
      non-diabetics, subjects with an HbA1c of 5.7%-6.4% were considered prediabetics, 
      and subjects with an HbA1c of more than 6.4% were considered diabetics. In wood 
      industry workers, the prevalence of prediabetes (PD) was 64 (40.50%) and in type 
      2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), it was 21 (13.29%); in welding workers, the 
      prevalence of prediabetes was 261 (46.60%), and for T2DM, it was 90 (16.07%); in 
      motor mechanic workers, the prevalence of prediabetes was 110 (40.44%), and for 
      T2DM, it was 126 (46.32%); and in oil refinery workers, the prevalence of 
      prediabetes was 80 (36.86%), and for T2DM, it was 35 (16.12%). However; the 
      combined prevalence of prediabetes and T2DM among wood, welding, motor mechanic, 
      and oil refinery workers was 421 (34.79%) and 515 (42.66%), respectively. The 
      prevalence of prediabetes and T2DM among workers increased with the duration of 
      working exposure in the wood, welding, motor mechanic, and oil refinery 
      industries. A one-year working exposure in these industries caused an increase of 
      0.03% in HbA1c. Workplace exposure in wood, welding, motor mechanic, and oil 
      refinery industries increased the risk of prevalence of prediabetes and T2DM 
      among the workers and affected the diabetes etiology.
FAU - Meo, Sultan Ayoub
AU  - Meo SA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9820-1852
AD  - Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 
      11461, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Al-Khlaiwi, Thamir
AU  - Al-Khlaiwi T
AD  - Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 
      11461, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Abukhalaf, Abdulelah Adnan
AU  - Abukhalaf AA
AD  - Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 
      11461, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alomar, Ali Abdullah
AU  - Alomar AA
AD  - Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 
      11461, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alessa, Omar Mohammed
AU  - Alessa OM
AD  - Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 
      11461, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Almutairi, Faris Jamal
AU  - Almutairi FJ
AD  - Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 
      11461, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alasbali, Majed Mohammed
AU  - Alasbali MM
AD  - Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 
      11461, Saudi Arabia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20200604
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
RN  - 0 (Glycated Hemoglobin A)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/epidemiology
MH  - Glycated Hemoglobin
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Occupational Exposure
MH  - *Prediabetic State/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - *Welding
MH  - Wood
MH  - *Workplace
PMC - PMC7312831
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - environmental pollution
OT  - prevalence
OT  - type-2 diabetes mellitus
OT  - workplace
COIS- The authors declare no competing financial interests.
EDAT- 2020/06/10 06:00
MHDA- 2020/10/06 06:00
PMCR- 2020/06/01
CRDT- 2020/06/10 06:00
PHST- 2020/05/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/05/28 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/05/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/06/10 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/06/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/10/06 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph17113992 [pii]
AID - ijerph-17-03992 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph17113992 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jun 4;17(11):3992. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph17113992.