The relationship between job stress and dyslipidemia

Aims: To investigate whether there is an association between job stress, lipid profile and dyslipidemia diagnosis. Methods: This study used a questionnaire to evaluate job stress and lifestyle variables in 91,593 workers undergoing periodic checkups. Serum lipid levels were measured in all cases. Re...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of public health 2013-03, Vol.41 (2), p.142-149
Main Authors: CATALINA-ROMERO, C., CALVO, E., SÁNCHEZ-CHAPARRO, M. A., VALDIVIELSO, P., SAINZ, J. C., CABRERA, M., GONZÁLEZ-QUINTELA, A., ROMÁN, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cholesterol
Coronary heart disease
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diagnosis
Dyslipidemias - diagnosis
Employment - psychology
Female
Heart
Humans
Job security
Life Style
Life styles
Lifestyle
Lipids
Male
Medical sciences
Mental stress
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Occupational medicine
Occupational stress
Prevalence
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Stress, Psychological - blood
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Work and health
Workers
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Summary:Aims: To investigate whether there is an association between job stress, lipid profile and dyslipidemia diagnosis. Methods: This study used a questionnaire to evaluate job stress and lifestyle variables in 91,593 workers undergoing periodic checkups. Serum lipid levels were measured in all cases. Results:The prevalence of job stress was 8.7% (95% CI, 8.5—8.8%). In bivariate analyses, job stress was significantly associated with previous dyslipidemia diagnosis (p < 0.001), lipid-lowering therapy (p < 0.001), and altered total-cholesterol (p = 0.001), HDL-cholesterol (p < 0.001) and LDL-cholesterol levels (p = 0.025). After adjusting for potential confounding variables, job stress was still associated with current dyslipidemia diagnosis (OR = 1.10; 95% CI, 1.04—1.17), high LDL-cholesterol (OR = 1.14; 95% CI, 1.05-1.23), low HDL-cholesterol (OR 1.08; 95% CI, 1.01—1.15), high total cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol ratio (OR 1.13; 95% CI, 1.05—1.23) and high LDLcholesterol/HDL-cholesterol ratio (OR 1.11; 95% CI, 1.04—1.19). Conclusion:These results support the hypothesis of an association between job stress and lipid disturbances.
ISSN:1403-4948
1651-1905
DOI:10.1177/1403494812470400