title: Assessment of the 10-year risk of coronary heart disease events for Qatar Petroleum's firefighters and non-firefighter staff in Qatar.
abstract: Coronary heart disease is a major public health problem worldwide and firefighters may be at particular occupational risk. In a cross-sectional study in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar, we assessed the 10-year risk of coronary heart disease events for 369 Qatar Petroleum staff at their periodic medical examination. The subjects of the study (all males) were divided into firefighters and non-firefighters groups. Based on the Framingham risk score calculations, 69.9% of the subjects were categorized as low risk, 27.1% as intermediate risk and 2.9% as high risk. None of the firefighters was categorized as high risk, 15.5% were intermediate and the rest were low risk. In the whole group, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol was the most prevalent risk factor (68.8%), followed by hypertension (32.0%) and smoking (15.4%). The mean risk of developing coronary heart disease in firefighters [6.5% (SD 3.7%)] was significantly lower than in non-firefighters 19.5% (SD 6.5%)].
authors.affiliation: Ras Laffan Medical Services Department, Ras Laffan, Qatar. mochtar@qp.com.qa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mochtar
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Hooper
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D061388:Firefighters / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D010578:Petroleum / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D011780:Qatar / Q000453:epidemiology; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D010578:Petroleum