title: The relationship between job stress and dyslipidemia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether there is an association between job stress, lipid profile and dyslipidemia diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study used a questionnaire to evaluate job stress and lifestyle variables in 91,593 workers undergoing periodic checkups. Serum lipid levels were measured in all cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of job stress was 8.7% (95% CI, 8.5-8.8%). In bivariate analyses, job stress was significantly associated with previous dyslipidemia diagnosis (p < 0.001), lipid-lowering therapy (p < 0.001), and altered total-cholesterol (p = 0.001), HDL-cholesterol (p < 0.001) and LDL-cholesterol levels (p = 0.025). After adjusting for potential confounding variables, job stress was still associated with current dyslipidemia diagnosis (OR = 1.10; 95% CI, 1.04-1.17), high LDL-cholesterol (OR = 1.14; 95% CI, 1.05-1.23), low HDL-cholesterol (OR 1.08; 95% CI, 1.01-1.15), high total cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol ratio (OR 1.13; 95% CI, 1.05-1.23) and high LDL-cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol ratio (OR 1.11; 95% CI, 1.04-1.19).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results support the hypothesis of an association between job stress and lipid disturbances.
authors.affiliation: Ibermutuamur (Mutua de Accidentes de Trabajo y Enfermedades Profesionales de la Seguridad Social 274), Madrid, Spain. carloscatalina@ibermutuamur.es
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catalina-Romero
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Calvo
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Chaparro
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valdivielso
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sainz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cabrera
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González-Quintela
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Román
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires