Occupational Exposure to Asbestos and Cardiovascular Related Diseases: A Meta-analysis

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Journal Prev Med Rep

Date 2016 Feb 5

PMID 26844169

Citations 9

Authors

Yi Rong

Xin Luo

Zhihong Zhang

Xiuqing Cui

Yuewei Liu

Weihong Chen

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Abstract

Asbestos has become one of the leading causes of death among occupational workers in the world. The association between asbestos and cardiovascular disease is less reported. We performed a meta-analysis to quantify the association between asbestos exposure and the mortality of cardiovascular related diseases. We performed a systematic review in the PubMed database before December 2014. All cohort studies citing the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) of cardiovascular related diseases in workers exposed to asbestos were collected. We then calculated the pooled standardized mortality ratios of such diseases. Sixteen studies were included. The combined results from all studies indicated the pooled SMR estimate for cardiovascular related diseases was 1.11 (95% CI, 1.01-1.22). This meta-analysis showed that asbestos exposure significantly increased the risk of cardiovascular related diseases in exposed workers.

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