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The Relationship between Hardness of Drinking Water with High Blood Pressure Over 30 Years in Rural Population of Divandarreh City in 2014
Adel Zahraei , Sayed Mehdi Ghasemi , Maryam Moradniya , Kamaladdin Karimyan *
Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Health Center of Divandarah city, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Sanandaj, Iran
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drinking water and the reduction in the risk of blood pressure (P value<0.05). Also, the results showed that the degree of correlation (R) between the two variables for drinking water hardness levels and the percentage of high blood pressure in men was (-0.496) and in women was (-0.512) and in the total population over 30 years was (-0.61).

Conclusion: Use of  water with medium to high degree of  hardness can reduce the risk of high blood pressure and consequently the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Keywords: Water hardness, High blood pressure, Relationship, Divandarreh.
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: General
Received: 2015/06/17 | Accepted: 2015/06/17 | Published: 2015/06/17

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