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Diagnostic Pathology: Open Access
ISSN: 2476-2024
Laboratory Medicine 2018
June 25-26, 2018
June 25-26, 2018 | Berlin, Germany
13
th
International Conference on
Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
THE EXPOSURE TO POLLUTANTS OF THE AUTO REPAIR WORKERS: MONITORING
THEIR OXIDATIVE STRESS WITH USING THE TEST STRIPS
Menicagli Roberto
1
, Bolla Gianni
2
,Denti Francesco
3
1
MedResearch Lab, Italy
2
Universty of Milan, Italy
3
University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Statement of Purpose:
Auto repair workers are exposed to multiple pollutants, each of them potentially dangerous for several
target organs.
Aim:
The aimof this study is to identify their possible overall effect, bymonitoring the concentrationof salivarymalondialdehyde
(MDA), index of oxidative stress.
Methodology & Subjects:
Concentration of salivary malondialdehyde of 25 male workers, smokers and non-smokers further
divided into two subgroups relative to the amplitude of their working place, were monitored using the test strips. The control
group consists of twelve and thirteen male smokers, and thirteen non-smokers. Univariate (UVA) and Multivariate (MVA)
analysis method were used to analyze the results.
Discussion:
No variable is significant (p≥0.05) for the control group using UVA while age and smoking significantly increases
the level of MDA (p≤0.05) usingMVA. For workers group the age and the place of work increases the MDA (p≤0.05) using UVA
analysis while only the place of work remains significant (p≤0.05) using MVA analysis. MVA analysis reveals that, besides the
type of work, also the age and smoking significantly increases the level of MDA, as a result of a higher exposure to pollutants.
Conclusions:
We can thus check the cumulative effect of pollutants on auto repair workers, by monitoring the salivary
malondialdehyde.
menicagli@libero.it giannibolla@unimi.it fradenti92@gmail.comDiagn Pathol Open 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.4172/2476-2024-C1-003