title: Physical fitness and perceived psychological pressure at work: 30-year ischemic heart disease and all-cause mortality in the Copenhagen Male Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Investigate if workers with low physical fitness have an increased risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality from regular psychological work pressure.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-year follow-up of 5249 middle-aged men without cardiovascular disease.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Men perceiving regular psychological work pressure had no higher risk of IHD mortality than those who did not. Both among men perceiving regular and rare psychological work pressure, the physically fit had a reduced risk of IHD mortality referencing men with low physical fitness. For all-cause mortality, a stronger inverse association was found among men perceiving regular compared to rare psychological pressure at work.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Physical fitness is equally important for the risk of IHD mortality among men experiencing regular and rare psychological pressure at work, but stronger associated to risk of all-cause mortality among men experiencing regular psychological pressure at work.
authors.affiliation: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark. aho@nrcwe.dk
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holtermann
authors.forename: Ole Steen
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Mortensen
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Burr
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Søgaard
authors.forename: Finn
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gyntelberg
authors.forename: Poul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Suadicani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000401:mortality*; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000401:mortality; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*