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Occupational heat exposure, nighttime warming, and eGFR loss in petrochemical workers: a retrospective cohort study with metabolomic evidence.

Key takeaways

This study followed 2,148 petrochemical workers in southeastern China from 2013 to 2022. It asked whether heat on the job, and warmer nights, were tied to a big drop in kidney filtering rate (eGFR), meaning a loss of 30% or more. Heat was measured from workplace records, and blood chemicals were also checked. A study like this can show a link, not proof that heat caused the kidney loss. The part of the abstract we have does not give the findings.

Who did this work

Li M · Du S · Xu R · Xu R · Zu Q · Lv Z · Ye W · Zheng W · Xiang J

Source

Article · PubMed, Climate, heat and the kidney · 2026 Sep 15
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42744177/