Self reported hypertension among unemployed people in the United States

Other studies have found that blood pressure and serum cholesterol concentration rise before and after loss of a job. [...]unemployed people consult doctors about cardiovascular conditions including hypertension, more often than do employed people. 1 We used data from a cross sectional survey of Ame...

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Published in:BMJ 1995-03, Vol.310 (6979), p.568-568
Main Authors: Brackbill, Robert M, Siegel, Paul Z, Ackermann, Susan P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Alcohol
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Blood pressure
Confidence intervals
Education
Epidemiology
Female
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - epidemiology
Hypertension - etiology
Logistic Models
Male
Mens health
Middle Aged
Odds Ratio
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Secondary schools
Self Care
Self reports
Socioeconomic factors
Surveillance
Technical education
Unemployment
United States - epidemiology
Vocational education
Vocational high schools
Womens health
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Summary:Other studies have found that blood pressure and serum cholesterol concentration rise before and after loss of a job. [...]unemployed people consult doctors about cardiovascular conditions including hypertension, more often than do employed people. 1 We used data from a cross sectional survey of American adults to estimate the risk of hypertension among unemployed people after controlling for other risk factors. Subjects, methods, and results In 1992, 48 states and the District of Columbia participated in the behavioural risk factor surveillance system, which entailed interviewing people by telephone who had been contacted by dialling random numbers.
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.310.6979.568