ArticleCancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.)2022
Environmental and occupational determinants of myelodysplastic syndrome: A case-control study from Pakistan.
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- Past use of metformin is associated with increased risk of myelodysplastic syndrome development in diabetes mellitus patients: a cross-sectional study of 54,869 patients.BMC pharmacology & toxicology · 2025Article
- Environmental and occupational determinants of myelodysplastic syndrome: A case-control study from Pakistan.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundMyelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are heterogeneous group of haematopoietic stem cell disorders and have variable reduction in the production of red cells, platelets and mature granulocytes.
aimWe conducted a case-control study evaluating the environmental and occupational determinants as risk factors of MDS.
methodsA case-control study was conducted including 150 de novo MDS cases and 450 age and gender-matched controls. Disease characteristics, sociodemographics and exposure to environmental and occupational determinants were collected through a questionnaire. Chi-square test was applied to observe association, and binary logistic regression was applied to predict the odds of having MDS.
resultsA total of 600 participants were analysed. Those who were exposed to arsenic (OR 31.81, CI: 19.0-53.0, P-value: .000), benzene (OR 1.564, CI: 1.07-2.27, P-value: .01) using natural source of water (OR 3.563, CI: 2.29-5.53, P-value: .000) and smokers (OR 3.1, P-value: .000) were more likely to have MDS. Unmarried were less likely to acquire MDS than married (OR 0.239, CI: 0.15-0.36, P-value: .000), Sindhi speaking were 1.419 times more likely to have MDS than participants speaking other languages. Uneducated participants were more likely to have MDS than educated and powder milk users were more likely to have MDS than dairy milk users.
conclusionOur results revealed that arsenic, use of natural source of water and benzene exposure might lead to higher risk of acquiring MDS. This study would be helpful to understand the aetiology of disease in Pakistani population.
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