title: [Occupational status and prevalence of cardiovascular risk indicators in employed men in German-speaking Switzerland].
abstract: Based on a sample of 623 employed men from the Berne Workplace Health Project ("Härz-As-Project") we studied the relationship between the occupational status and prevalence of cardiovascular risk indicators. Besides "biological" risk indicators, like high total cholesterol, low HDL-cholesterol, hypertension, and overweight, we also studied two behavioral risk indicators (current smoking, physical inactivity in leisure time) and a summary risk score. Odds ratios for several risk indicators controlled for age, were markedly different among different occupational status groups. High cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol ratios were more common in lower occupational status groups, while the likelihood for hypertension and high total cholesterol was highest among qualified workers. There was a strong association between occupational status and the behavioral risk indicators smoking and physical inactivity in leasure time. Similarly, 1 or more risk indicators, and more than 2 risk indicators, respectively, were also found to be strongly related to occupational status. Our results confirm former findings of unequal distribution of cardiovascular disease risk indicators among groups of different occupational status. Future studies will have to focus upon the underlying causes for these inequities.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Gesundheitsforschung, Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin der Universität Bern.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Foppa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Calmonte
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noack
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abelin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D012923:Social Class; D013557:Switzerland
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Berufliche Stellung und Prävalenz kardiovaskulärer Risikoindikatoren bei berufstätigen Männern in der deutschsprachigen Schweiz.