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Aircraft Vibration and Other Factors Related to High Systolic Blood Pressure in Indonesian Air Force Pilots

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Flight may affect the human cardiovascular system. Pilots are exposed among others to aircraft noise and vibration. This study aimed to investigate the effects of aircraft flight on systolic blood pressure.

A nested case-control study was conducted on Indonesian Air Force pilots doing annual medical check-ups at the Saryanto Institute for Medical and Health Aviation and Aerospace (LAKESPRA) from 2003 – 2008. The data extracted from medical records were age, total flight hours, type of aircraft, fasting blood glucose and cholesterol levels, waist circumference, height and weight (Body Mass Index), and blood pressure.

Of 336 pilots, there were 16 with systolic pressure 140 mmHg. The pilot who had high vibration than low vibration had 2.8-fold to be high systolic blood pressure [adjusted odds ratio (ORa) = 2.83; 95%confidence interval (CI) =1.16-22.04). In term of average flight hours, those who had average flight hours of 300-622 hours per year compared to 29-299 hours per year had 5-fold increased risk to be high systolic blood pressure (ORa = 5.05; 95% CI =1.16-22.04]. Furthermore, those who had high than normal resting pulse rate had 2.4 times to be high systolic blood pressure (ORa = 2.37; 95 CI =0.81-6.97; P = 0.115).

High aircraft vibration, high average flight hours per year, and high resting pulse rate increase risk high systolic blood pressure in air force pilots.
Keywords: systolic blood pressure, aircraft vibration, resting pulse rate, pilots

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Health Science Journal of Indonesia, 3 (2) 2012: 6

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Jakarta : Sekretariat Badan Litbangkes., 2012

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7p.

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2087-7021

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blood pressure

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