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Heat Stress and Kidney

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Dr Vidya Venugopal, Chennai    28 November 2019

  • Heat stress and heavy manual workload in occupational settings are high-risk factors for adverse renal health.
  • More than 90% workers in outdoors sectors and high-heat industries reported heat-related health symptoms.
  • Workers exposed to heat have significantly 2.5 times higher risk of adverse health issues (OR-2.5; p = 0.000; 95% CI = 1.5-4.1)
  • Workers with chronic high-heat exposures had higher prevalence of kidney stones and lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR).
  • Heat stress is predicted to further increase with climate with consequent health and productivity consequences for millions of workers across the globe without appropriate work practices and protective labor polices as climate change proceeds.

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