title: The association between extent of employment and hypertension among women participants of the Second National Health and Nutrition Survey.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27514, USA. kathy.rose@sph.unc.edu
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Tyroler
mesh_terms: 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*