Work and Chronic Disease: Comparison of Cardiometabolic Risk Markers Between Truck Drivers and the General US Population

OBJECTIVE:US long-haul truck drivers experience a wide array of excess cardiometabolic disease (CMD) risks unique to their occupation. How these risks translate to, and potentially induce, elevations in the clinical CMD risk profile of this population is unknown. METHODS:A non-experimental, descript...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2016-11, Vol.58 (11), p.1098-1105
Main Authors: Apostolopoulos, Yorghos, Lemke, Michael K., Hege, Adam, Sönmez, Sevil, Sang, Huiyan, Oberlin, Douglas J., Wideman, Laurie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
Chronic Disease
Chronic illnesses
Cross-Sectional Studies
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Metabolic disorders
Middle Aged
Motor Vehicles
Nutrition Surveys
Occupations
Original Article
Risk Factors
Truck drivers
United States
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:OBJECTIVE:US long-haul truck drivers experience a wide array of excess cardiometabolic disease (CMD) risks unique to their occupation. How these risks translate to, and potentially induce, elevations in the clinical CMD risk profile of this population is unknown. METHODS:A non-experimental, descriptive, cross-sectional design was employed to collect anthropometric and biometric data from 115 long-haul truckers to generate for the first time a comprehensive CMD risk marker profile, which was then compared with the general US population. The relationships between CMD risk markers and CMD outcomes were examined for both populations. RESULTS:The long-haul trucker sample presented elevated CMD risk markers, generally scoring significantly worse than the general population. Associations between CMD risk markers and disease states varied between both populations. CONCLUSIONS:US long-haul truck drivers’ distinctive CMD risk profile indicates occupationally-linked CMD pathogenesis.
ISSN:1076-2752
1536-5948
DOI:10.1097/JOM.0000000000000867