Volume 1, Issue 4 (9-2014)                   J Environ Health Eng 2014, 1(4): 293-300 | Back to browse issues page

‎ 10.18869/acadpub.jehe.1.4.293

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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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