caa a22 4500 463195027 CHVBK 20180406164920.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20071201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10669-007-9065-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10669-007-9065-0 Cardiovascular risk under electromagnetic exposure in physiotherapy [Elektronische Daten] [Michel Israel, Katia Vangelova, Michaela Ivanova] The aim of the study was to assess the long-term effects of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) on cardiovascular system of medical staff in physiotherapy. A number of 52 exposed subjects (4 male and 48 female; aged 47.3±8.7years), and a control group of 52 subjects, matched by sex and age, with similar job characteristics without EMR exposure were studied. The EMR exposure from devices emitting at 50Hz, 150kHz, 27.12MHz, 2.45GHz, and optical radiation was assessed. The relative values of EMR for the whole frequency range in each physiotherapy were calculated and the obtained quota was much larger than 1. The workload and psychosocial factors were evaluated, too. The cardiovascular risk factors arterial pressure, lipid profile, body mass index, waist/hip ratio, smoking, alcohol consumption, nutrition, family history of cardiovascular disease were studied. The incidence of hypertension was moderate with the studied physiotherapists (26.9% v.s. 23.8% control group). The total cholesterol (TC) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were significantly higher in the exposed group. The odds ratios indicate higher possibility of becoming dyslipidemic for the exposed to EMR subjects [for TC OR (95% CI)=1.570 (1.048-2.351) and for LDL-C OR (95% CI)=1.840 (1.158-2.924)]. In conclusion, our data show that the EMR exposure of the medical staff in physiotherapy could be associated with the adverse effects on cardiovascular system. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007 Hypertension nationallicence Dyslipidemia nationallicence EMR exposure nationallicence Long-term effects nationallicence Health risk nationallicence Israel Michel National Center Of Public Health Protection, 15 Acad. Ivan Geshov Boulevard,, 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria aut Vangelova Katia National Center Of Public Health Protection, 15 Acad. Ivan Geshov Boulevard,, 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria aut Ivanova Michaela National Center Of Public Health Protection, 15 Acad. Ivan Geshov Boulevard,, 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria aut The Environmentalist Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 27/4(2007-12-01), 539-543 0251-1088 27:4<539 2007 27 10669 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-007-9065-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-007-9065-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Israel Michel National Center Of Public Health Protection, 15 Acad. Ivan Geshov Boulevard,, 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vangelova Katia National Center Of Public Health Protection, 15 Acad. Ivan Geshov Boulevard,, 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ivanova Michaela National Center Of Public Health Protection, 15 Acad. Ivan Geshov Boulevard,, 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Environmentalist Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 27/4(2007-12-01), 539-543 0251-1088 27:4<539 2007 27 10669 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer