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Document ID (ISN)111646
CIS number 11-0332
ISSN - Serial title 0355-3140 - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
Year 2010
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Holtermann A., Mortensen O.S., Burr H., Søgaard K., Gyntelberg F., Suadicani P.
Title Physical work demands, hypertension status, and risk of ischemic heart disease and all-cause mortality in the Copenhagen Male Study
Bibliographic information Nov. 2010, Vol.36, No.6, p.466-472. 16 ref.
Internet access Physical_work_demands.pdf [in English]
Abstract Increased risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality from high physical work demands has been observed among men with low physical fitness and leisure time physical activity. This study tested whether hypertensive men are at a particularly high risk of IHD mortality when exposed to high physical work demands. A 30-year follow-up of the Copenhagen Male Study of 5249 gainfully employed men aged 40-59 years was carried out. Of these, 274 men with a history of myocardial infarction or prevalent symptoms of angina pectoris or intermittent claudication were excluded from the follow-up. Physical work demands were determined by self-reported questions. Of the eligible study population, 587 men (11.9%) died due to IHD. Hypertensive men had more than a doubled risk of IHD mortality. Cox analyses adjusted for age, smoking, alcohol, body mass index, diabetes, physical fitness, leisure time physical activity and social class showed that high physical work demands were associated with an increased risk of IHD and all-cause mortality among normotensive men, but not among the hypertensive men, using men with low physical work demands as the reference. Overall, hypertensive men did not have a higher risk of IHD or all-cause mortality from high physical work demands than normotensive men.
Descriptors (primary) Denmark; mortality; hypertension; physical workload; male workers; risk factors
Descriptors (secondary) hazard evaluation; questionnaire survey; cohort study
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Physiology, ergonomics
Browse category(ies) Cardiovascular diseases