Association between occupational ionizing radiation exposure duration and the increased risk of dyslipidemia: evidence from a large group of radiation workers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although radiation workers' exposure levels consistently remained below established safety thresholds, accumulating evidence demonstrates that chronic low-dose ionizing radiation exposure may still pose significant health risks to humans. We aimed to explore the relationship between the years of low-dose radiation work and dyslipidemia.

Methods

We collected occupational and physical examination data of 10,338 radiation workers from 1,200 workplaces during 2019-2020 in Guangdong Province, China. After controlling for social demographic and health behavior confounders, we used a mixed-effects model to assess the association of ionizing radiation exposure duration with blood lipid biomarkers as well as the prevalence of dyslipidemia. We further comprehensively evalua

SUBMITTER: Zhong M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12401101 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature