title: Risk factors increasing health hazards after air dives.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of postprandial hypertriglyceridemia on the risk of decompression stress following hyperbaric air exposures. The study involved 55 male individuals aged 20-48 years (31.47 ± 5.49 years), body mass index 20.3-33.2 kg/m2 (25.5 ± 2.58 kg/m2). Blood was sampled two hours after a meal each participant had in accordance with individual dietary preferences to determine the following parameters: blood cell counts, activity of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine ammotransterase (ALT), concentrations of total cholesterol and triglycerides. After each hyperbaric exposure, the presence and intensity of decompression stress were assessed using the Doppler method. Decompression stress was found in 30 individuals. Postprandial hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia increased the risk of decompression stress after hyperbaric air exposures.
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kaczerska
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pleskacz
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Siermontowski
authors.forename: Romuald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Olszański
authors.forename: Karolina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krefft
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000399:Air Pressure; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001772:Blood Cell Count / Q000379:methods; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D058868:Compressed Air; D003664:Decompression / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D004242:Diving / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000150:complications*; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D019518:Postprandial Period; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014463:Ultrasonography; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase