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[Effect of flying burthen on blood lipid in civil aviation aircrew].
Weiru Chen, Jian‐Zhi Wang, Chen Liang, Jian Yu Yang, Shen Hai-ming, Yong-Hua Yang
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of flying burthen on blood lipid level in civil aviation flight personnel. METHODS: The level of total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG) and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) were determined by kits. The relationship between the blood lipid levels and the flight personnel's flying hours, body weight index, smoking, drinking and sport were investigated. RESULTS: The average annual flying hours of hyperlipidemia group [(561.14 +/- 234.90) h] was significantly higher than that of non-hyperlipidemia group [(500.62 +/- 243.65) h] (P < 0.05). The level of TG of the average annual flying hours more 800 h [(1.61 +/- 0.10) mmol/L] were significantly higher than that of less than 400 h group [(1.31 +/- 0.65) mmol/L]. The morbidity rate of hyperlipidemia among the age 30 to 39 years old flight personnel was the highest. CONCLUSION: The average annual flying hours is one of primary factors affecting blood lipid in flight personnel.