| Document ID (ISN) | 112411 |
| CIS number |
12-0168 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2011 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Wright B.R., Barbosa-Leiker C., Hoekstra T. |
| Title |
Law enforcement officer versus non-law enforcement officer status as a longitudinal predictor of traditional and emerging cardiovascular risk factors |
| Bibliographic information |
July 2011, Vol.53, No.7, p.730-734. 38 ref. |
| Internet access |
Law_enforcement_officer_[BUY_THIS_ARTICLE] [in English]
ILO_LABORDOC_[INTRANET_ACCESS] [in English]
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| Abstract |
The objective of this study was to determine whether law enforcement officer (LEO) status and perceived stress are longitudinal predictors of traditional and inflammatory cardiovascular (CV) risk factors. Linear hierarchical regression was employed to investigate the longitudinal (more than seven years) relationship between occupational category (LEO as opposed to non-LEO) and perceived stress scale scores, and traditional and inflammatory CV risk factors in an all-male sample of 105 LEOs and 65 non-LEOs. The occupational status of LEOs, compared with that of non-LEOs, predicted higher levels of C-reactive protein, systolic blood pressure, body mass index and waist circumference. Perceived stress across occupational categories was directly associated with diastolic blood pressure and waist circumference and inversely with fibrinogen. Perceived stress did not interact with occupational category to predict any risk factor. Traditional and inflammatory risk factors, but not perceived stress, appear to contribute to elevated CV risk among LEOs. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
USA; cardiovascular diseases; fire fighting; police forces; prison services; stress factors; risk factors |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
inflammations; body weight; blood pressure; determination in blood; subjective assessment; long-term study; questionnaire survey; statistical evaluation; male workers |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
Commerce, services, offices
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Stress, psychosocial factors
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| Browse category(ies) |
Cardiovascular diseases
Fire fighting, police, prisons and the armed forces
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