Association Between Job Stress and Cardiovascular Risk in Shift-worker

Huang, Charles Q.; Guo, Hongyan; Su, Shih‐Bin; Wang, J N; Wu, C D

doi:10.1097/00001648-200611001-01381

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“…This study associated shift work with high risk for CVD using hs-CRP as the risk marker (Table 2 ). This result concurs with earlier reports [ 29 , 30 ]. CRP is highly stable and allows for accurate measurements without special collection procedures [ 31 ].…”

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Shift work and the risk of cardiovascular disease among workers in cocoa processing company, Tema

Asare‐Anane

Abdul-Latif²,

Ofori

et al. 2015

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ObjectiveShift work has been implicated in cardiovascular disease (CVD), a major cause of death globally. The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of developing CVD in shift work.DesignA cross-sectional study involving secondary analysis of shift and non-shift work from an industry in Ghana.ParticipantsTwo hundred (113 shift and 87 non-shift) consecutive workers who consented were recruited into the study. A structured questionnaire was administered to deduce information on participant’s age, alcohol consumption pattern, smoking habits, history of diabetes, stroke and hypertension.ResultsShift workers were found to be associated with higher body mass index (26.9 ± 4.6 vs 25.2 ± 3.3, p = 0.013); fasting blood glucose (5.9 ± 1.8 vs 5.3 ± 0.8, p ≤ 0.0001); glycated haemoglobin (4.9 ± 0.9 vs 4.2 ± 0.8, p ≤ 0.0001); high sensitivity C-reactive protein (2.5 ± 1.1 vs 1.8 ± 1.1, p < 0.0001); total cholesterol (5.9 ± 1.3 vs 5.2 ± 1.7, p = 0.002); triglycerides (1.3 ± 0.8 vs 1.1 ± 0.6, p = 0.015) and LDL cholesterol (3.6 ± 0.9 vs 3.2 ± 1.3, p = 0.04) than controls. Shift work however, had no associations with HDL-cholesterol.ConclusionIt can be concluded that shift work is associated with risk factors of CVD.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13104-015-1750-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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confidence: 94%

Shift work and the risk of cardiovascular disease among workers in cocoa processing company, Tema

Asare‐Anane

Abdul-Latif²,

Ofori

et al. 2015

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“…The study found interpersonal conflict (OR = 1.69), job insecurity (OR = 1.94), and occupational climate (OR = 1.89) were associated with hs-CRP levels, in analyses adjusted for job characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors (Lee et al, 2011). However, there were no significant associations between job stress (by Karasek’s demand-control-support model) and hs-CRP levels, even after being adjusted for confounders among the 257 male workers from the color filter manufacturing companies in Taiwan (Huang & Guo, 2006). Shift work was also not significantly associated with high hs-CRP levels (≥3.0 mg/L) in that study (Huang & Guo, 2006).…”

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“…However, there were no significant associations between job stress (by Karasek’s demand-control-support model) and hs-CRP levels, even after being adjusted for confounders among the 257 male workers from the color filter manufacturing companies in Taiwan (Huang & Guo, 2006). Shift work was also not significantly associated with high hs-CRP levels (≥3.0 mg/L) in that study (Huang & Guo, 2006). Another study showed a significant increase in plasma homocysteine levels was detected in long-haul bus drivers doing mainly or all shift work (Martins et al, 2003).…”

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High job strain is associated with inflammatory markers of disease in young long-haul bus drivers.

Tsai¹,

Lai²,

Shih³

et al. 2014

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

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Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease. The study was aimed to investigate the association between job strain and inflammation markers and to examine factors contributing to high strain. The long-haul bus drivers (n = 825) were recruited from a Taiwanese transportation company. The psychosocial work environment was measured by a validated job content questionnaire (JCQ). Plasma high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and homocysteine (Hcy) were analyzed as inflammation markers. Job strain effects and its interaction with age were analyzed by logistic regression. Explained variance (Nagelkerke R square) was applied to select important stressors. The crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR) for the effect of high strain on high hs-CRP and Hcy were not significant. However, there was significant interaction between job strain and age (p = .014). The significantly increased risk of high strain on high hs-CRP was found among drivers younger than 35 years old (OR = 2.71), but not in driver groups age 35 to 49 and older than 50. The contributing factors to high strain were varied among the 3 age groups. The 3 stressors found for young drivers were having rest time less than 8 hours between 2 shifts, being physically inactive during leisure time, and frequent driving more than 12 hours a day. Job strain interacted with age influenced hs-CRP levels. The risk of inflammatory disease markers only increased in high strained group of young drivers. Appropriate work shift systems should be implemented to increase off-duty time, reduce sleep restrictions, and increase physical activity during leisure time.

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Association Between Job Stress and Cardiovascular Risk in Shift-worker

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Shift work and the risk of cardiovascular disease among workers in cocoa processing company, Tema

Shift work and the risk of cardiovascular disease among workers in cocoa processing company, Tema

High job strain is associated with inflammatory markers of disease in young long-haul bus drivers.

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