Ischaemic heart disease among workers in occupations associated with heavy lifting

• Authors: Harald Hannerz , Andreas Holtermann

Abstracts

EN

Objectives To investigate a hypothesized positive association between employment in occupations where heavy lifting is likely to occur, and the risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD). Material and Methods Male blue-collar workers from Denmark (N = 516 180) were monitored with respect to hospital treatment or death due to IHD, through national registers over the years 2001–2010. Poisson regression was used to estimate relative rates of IHD between “workers in occupations which, according to an expert opinion, are likely to involve heavy lifting” and “other blue-collar workers.” Prevalent cases were excluded from the analysis. Results The rate ratio was estimated at 0.97 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.94–1.00) for deaths or hospitalizations due to IHD and 1.07 (95% CI: 0.94–1.21) for deaths due to IHD. Conclusions The results do not support the hypothesis that occupational heavy lifting is an important risk factor for IHD.

Keywords

EN

occupational epidemiology; cohort studies; heavy lifting; cardiovascular disease; hospital treatment; Mortality

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 129-136

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Harald Hannerz

• National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark (Department of Occupational Health)

author

Andreas Holtermann

• National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark (Department of Occupational Health)

Identifiers

DOI

10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00472

Biblioteka Nauki

2177445