title: The Association Between Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Motor Vehicle Crashes Among Professional Truck Drivers.
abstract: This study assesses relationships between the Framingham cardiovascular disease risk (CVD risk) score and prevalence of US Department of Transportation (DOT)-reportable crashes in commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers, after controlling for potential confounders.
  
  
  
  Data were analyzed from CMV drivers (N = 797) in a large cross-sectional study. CVD risk was calculated for each driver. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) between CVD risk and DOT-reportable crashes were calculated.
  
  
  
  Drivers in the two highest CVD risk groups had significantly higher likelihood of crash (OR = 2.08, 95% CI = 1.20 to 3.63 and OR = 1.99, 95% CI = 1.05 to 3.77, respectively) after adjusting for confounders. There was a significant trend of increasing prevalence of crashes with an increasing CVD risk score (P = 0.0298).
  
  
  
  Drivers with a high CVD risk had a higher likelihood of a crash after controlling for confounders.
authors.affiliation: Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Family & Preventive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City (Mr Ronna, Drs Thiese, Ott, Effiong, Murtaugh, Hegmann), and Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, Center for Ergonomics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (Drs Kapellusch, Garg).
authors.forename: Brenden B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Ronna
authors.forename: Matthew S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Thiese
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ott
authors.forename: Atim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Effiong
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murtaugh
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kapellusch
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hegmann
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001334:Automobile Driving; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018986:Motor Vehicles; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors