The association between oil spill cleanup-related total hydrocarbon exposure and diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although evidence suggests relationships between some crude oil components and glycemic dysregulation, no studies have examined oil spill-related chemical exposures in relation to type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) risk. This study examined the relationship between total hydrocarbon (THC) exposure among workers involved in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill and risk of DM up to 6 years afterward.

Methods

Participants comprised 2660 oil-spill cleanup or response workers in the prospective GuLF Study who completed a clinical exam and had no self-reported DM diagnosis prior to the spill. Maximum THC exposure was estimated with a job-exposure matrix based on interview data and personal measurements taken during cleanup operations. We defined incident DM by self-rep

SUBMITTER: Jardel HV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9267393 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature