عنوان المقالة:تقييم IL-8 و CBC لدى العاملين في محطات غاز البترول المسال في محافظة النجف Assessment of IL-8 and CBC in people working in LPG stations in Najaf Province
--A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted on
LPG stations workers in Najaf City, Iraq from December 2021 to
January 2022. In which workers exposed liquefied petroleum gas
(LPG) were compared with individuals who were not exposed (control
group). The LPG gas plant workers were all males who work between 8
am to 2 pm daily. A total of eighty-eight (88) subjects took part in this
study (control groups, n= 38 and workers, n=50) their mean age of
workers 32.04 ± 1.289 years and for control 33.39 ± 1.680 years. In
this study, and the mean Body Mean Index (BMI) of workers (27.30 ±
0.4479), and for control (27.87± 0.8296). The result showed a
significant (P<0.05) and clear increase in the level of interleukin-8 of
workers (1.538±0.4359pg/ml) compared to the control group
(0.4138±0.02580 pg/ml). The current study, after conducting a
statistical analysis of physiological blood tests, showed a significant
(P< 0.05) and clear decrease of red blood cells(RBC), blood
platelets(PLT), hemoglobin(HGB), and the percentage of
hematocrit(MCT%), as it reached 4.930 ± 0.07 x10^6 cell/ml, 198.2 ±
7.8 x10^3cell/ml , 15.05 ± 0.17 g/dl, and 46.04 ± 0.41% respectively
Compared to the control group (5.213 ± 0.06 x10^6 cell/ml, 222.8 ±
9.1 x10^3cell/ml, 15.72 ± 0.13 g/dl, and 49.14 ± 1.64% respectively).
The study also showed a significant increase (P<0.05) of white blood
cells (WBC) and the percentage of lymphocytes(LYC %) among workers
who inhaled gas at gas filling stations, which reached 7.346 ± 0.21
x10^3 cell/ml and 36.35 ± 1.09 %, respectively, compared to the
control group (6.652 ± 0.15 x10^3 cell/ml and 32.20 ± 1.7%
respectively). The study concluded that physiological blood parameters
and interleukin-8 may be indicative of one over the other in
influencing lung capacity among workers in gas filling stations.
أ.د. علاء الدين صبحي محسن السلامي | Professor.Dr. Alaauldeen S.M.ALSallami | 6542