title: Predictors Associated With Changes of Weight and Total Cholesterol Among Two Occupational Cohorts Over 10 Years.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To ascertain worker health characteristics and psychosocial factors associated with changes in body weight and total cholesterol (TC) among two production operation populations.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed descriptive and predictive analysis of questionnaire data and biomedical measurements from two prospective cohort studies. Our key outcomes were changes in weight, and TC over 5 to 10 years between baseline and exit assessments.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 146 subjects were analyzed. Increases in weight were associated with belief in being overweight and baseline overweight and obesity. Increases in TC levels were associated with female sex, belief that TC levels were "not good," and feeling depressed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most of the reported associations with increases in weight and TC levels are amenable to interventions and may be a target for workplace intervention programs.
authors.affiliation: From the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (Drs Ott, Hegmann, and Thiese), Department of Family and Preventive Medicine; Department of Family and Preventive Medicine (Drs Stanford and Greenwood); Division of Epidemiology (Dr Murtaugh); and Division of Family and Preventive Medicine (Dr Gren), Department of Public Health, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ott
authors.forename: Joseph B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Stanford
authors.forename: Maureen A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Murtaugh
authors.forename: Jessica L J
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Greenwood
authors.forename: Lisa H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Gren
authors.forename: Kurt T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Hegmann
authors.forename: Matthew S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Thiese
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D003710:Demography; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D016272:Occupational Health; D009790:Occupations; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014589:Utah / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol