Effect of occupational exposure to petrol and gasoline components on liver and renal biochemical parameters among gas station attendants, a review and meta-analysis

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OBJECTIVES: Kidney and liver are of the most affected organs during permanent exposure to petrol and gasoline components in gas stations. This study aims to investigate the renal and liver involvements in these workers using meta-analysis.

METHODS: PubMed, Scopus, Science direct, ISI web of science, and Google scholar motor engine were searched using Mesh terms of the relevant keywords. Screening of titles, abstracts and full texts was continued until the eligible articles meeting the inclusion/exclusion criteria were selected. Quality assessment was conducted using NOS (Newcastle-Ottawa Quality score). The pooled standard mean difference of the renal and liver indices between exposed/unexposed groups was estimated using Stata ver. 11 software.

RESULTS: In this systematic review, 22 papers were entered. The pooled standard mean difference (95% confidence interval) between exposed and unexposed groups was estimated as of 0.74 (0.28, 1.21) for alkaline phosphatase (ALP), 2.44 (1.80, 3.08) for aspartate transaminase (AST), 2.06 (1.42, 2.69) for alanine transaminase (ALT), 0.10 (-0.09, 0.29) for total Bilirubin (TB), 0.74 (-0.42, -1.90) for total protein (TP), -0.49 (-0.82, -0.15) for albumin, 0.88 (-0.10, 1.87) for uric acid, 1.02 (0.45, 1.59) for creatinine and 1.44 (0.75, 2.13) for blood urea nitrogen (BUN).

CONCLUSION: Our meta-analysis showed that the serum AST, ALT, ALP, total protein, total bilirubin, BUN, uric acid and creatinine levels were higher among workers exposed to petrol and gasoline than control group, while albumin was lower in the serum of the exposed workers. Therefore, occupational exposure to gasoline stations can create adverse effects on kidney and liver function.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Reviews on environmental health - 35(2020), 4 vom: 18. Nov., Seite 517-530

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rahimi Moghadam, Somayeh [VerfasserIn]
Afshari, Mahdi [VerfasserIn]
Ganjali, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Moosazadeh, Mahmood [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Gas station
Gasoline
Journal Article
Kidney
Liver
Meta-Analysis
Petrol
Petroleum
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 30.03.2021

Date Revised 30.03.2021

published: Electronic-Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1515/reveh-2019-0107

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314264213