The association between extent of employment and hypertension among women participants of the Second National Health and Nutrition Survey.
The association between extent of employment and hypertension was examined among 3,824 women participants of the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Women in three employment groups (full-time, part-time, and short-term) were compared to homemakers. In covariate-adjusted, logistic regression models, women employed full-time had a somewhat lower, but not significantly different, prevalence of hypertension (OR = 0.8, 95% CI = 0.7, 1.1), whereas both part-time (OR = 0.6, 95% CI = 0.4, 0.7) and short-term (OR = 0.5, 95% CI = 0.4, 0.7) workers had significantly lower prevalences. Associations did not tend to vary by age, ethnicity, or occupation. Employment does not appear to increase the risk of hypertension in women; in fact, moderate levels were associated with lower risk.
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School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27514, USA. kathy.rose@sph.unc.edu
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D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014931:Women, Working / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*