Examination of serum oxidant-antioxidant levels of workers at dyehouses of textile sector in Deni̇zli̇'s industrial estate

The textile sector is one of the production sectors that contribute greatly to the national economy in domestic and foreign trade. Despitethe production of textile products in Turkey it is still a developing technology- driven human labor. This requires the textile industry to be a business line that must be taken very seriously in terms of occupational health and safety. In this study, it was aimed to determine oxidant- antioxidant parameters and compare with control group in workers working in a large textile factory dye house. The control group consisted of 40 people working in the factory or different areas of the factory that had not been exposed to paint and the experimental group consisted of 40 people working in the dye- exposed dye house. 5 ml blood samples were taken from the subjects on an empty stomach in the morning and centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 5- 10 minutes and their sera were separated. Vitamins A, E, C, MDA, TAS and TOS levels were determined by using appropriate kits in HPLC and auto analyser devices in the laboratory and compared with the control group. As a result, it was found that vitamins A, E, C and TAS levels decreased significantly in the dye house compared to the control group (p< 0,001) and TOS and MDA levels increased significantly compared to the control group (p< 0,001). In the results, the relationship between the control group and the experimental group was examined and evaluated with the help of SPSS program. The finding sand results were discussed and suggestions we represented.