Emirates National Oil Company, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Asia Pac J Public Health. 2010 Jul;22(3 Suppl):25S-30S. doi: 10.1177/1010539510373021.
There are around 3.5 million workers in the United Arab Emirates, more than 80% of whom are expatriates. Among offshore workers, levels of obesity reflected the relative prevalence of the condition in their home countries and exceeded their respective national averages. Levels of hypertension and diabetes in these groups were lower than the national averages, probably because of the healthy worker effect. The level of obesity probably reflected the sedentary nature of their jobs. The presence of hepatitis C antibodies was almost exclusive to Egyptian workers. In a downstream oil and gas business, the prevalence of obesity also reflected the prevalences in the respective home countries, increasing greatly in existing employees when compared with those attending for preemployment health evaluations. Increases in the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes were also found in this group. One possible explanation is the impact of the changed environment on underlying susceptibility to these conditions.
阿联酋约有 350 万工人，其中超过 80%为外籍人士。在海上作业工人中，肥胖的发生率反映了他们原籍国的相对流行程度，并超过了各自的全国平均水平。这些人群的高血压和糖尿病发病率低于全国平均水平，这可能是因为健康工人效应。肥胖水平可能反映了他们工作的久坐性质。丙型肝炎抗体的存在几乎只存在于埃及工人中。在下游石油和天然气业务中，肥胖的流行程度也反映了各自原籍国的流行程度，与参加就业前健康评估的工人相比，现有雇员的肥胖率大幅上升。该人群中还发现高血压和糖尿病的发病率上升。一个可能的解释是环境变化对这些疾病潜在易感性的影响。
