Occupation and metabolic syndrome: Is there correlation? A cross sectional study in different work activity occupations of German firefighters and office workers

The treatment and prevention of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) is currently one of the major challenges in medicine. The impact of working conditions on metabolic risk has not been adequately studied. Our objective was to compare the prevalence of MetS and metabolic risk in two extremely different oc...

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Autores: Strauss, Marcus, Foshag, Peter, Przybylek, Bianca, Horlitz, Mark, Lucía Mulas, Alejandro, Sanchís-Gomar, Fabián, Leischik, Roman
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad Europea (UEM)
Repositorio:ABACUS. Repositorio de Producción Científica
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Síndrome metabólico
Metabolismo - Trastornos
Metabolismo
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spelling Occupation and metabolic syndrome: Is there correlation? A cross sectional study in different work activity occupations of German firefighters and office workersStrauss, MarcusFoshag, PeterPrzybylek, BiancaHorlitz, MarkLucía Mulas, AlejandroSanchís-Gomar, FabiánLeischik, RomanSíndrome metabólicoMetabolismo - TrastornosMetabolismoThe treatment and prevention of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) is currently one of the major challenges in medicine. The impact of working conditions on metabolic risk has not been adequately studied. Our objective was to compare the prevalence of MetS and metabolic risk in two extremely different occupational groups: firefighters and office workers. A total of 143 male subjects (97 firefighters and 46 office workers) from Germany participated in the study. Anthropometric characteristics, metabolic risk parameters as well as laboratory parameters were collected. MetS was diagnosed according to criteria of the International Diabetes Federation. Sedentary occupation showed a significant tendency towards obesity. Abdominal waist circumference was significantly greater in office workers than in firefighters [5.08 CI (1.44-8.71), p = 0.007]. Concerning metabolic risk factors, abnormal HDL, triglycerides, BMI, blood pressure and waist circumference values were more frequently found in office workers than in firefighters. The MetS was detected in almost 33 % of office workers as compared with only 14 % in firefighters (p = 0.015). Regarding MetS in an international comparison, the prevalence of MetS in German office workers was high and in firefighters it was extremely low. Sedentary occupation as an office worker is associated with a high risk of MetS. Both groups need to be made aware of the metabolic risks, and health promoting concepts such as corporate sports activities or education in healthy nutrition need to be implemented to counteract the development of the MetS and cardiovascular risk factors.20162016-09-2820162016-01-0120162016-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11268/5833reponame:ABACUS. Repositorio de Producción Científicainstname:Universidad Europea (UEM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reconocimiento 4.0 Internacionalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es_ESinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:abacus.universidadeuropea.com:11268/58332026-06-11T12:41:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Occupation and metabolic syndrome: Is there correlation? A cross sectional study in different work activity occupations of German firefighters and office workers
title Occupation and metabolic syndrome: Is there correlation? A cross sectional study in different work activity occupations of German firefighters and office workers
spellingShingle Occupation and metabolic syndrome: Is there correlation? A cross sectional study in different work activity occupations of German firefighters and office workers
Strauss, Marcus
Síndrome metabólico
Metabolismo - Trastornos
Metabolismo
title_short Occupation and metabolic syndrome: Is there correlation? A cross sectional study in different work activity occupations of German firefighters and office workers
title_full Occupation and metabolic syndrome: Is there correlation? A cross sectional study in different work activity occupations of German firefighters and office workers
title_fullStr Occupation and metabolic syndrome: Is there correlation? A cross sectional study in different work activity occupations of German firefighters and office workers
title_full_unstemmed Occupation and metabolic syndrome: Is there correlation? A cross sectional study in different work activity occupations of German firefighters and office workers
title_sort Occupation and metabolic syndrome: Is there correlation? A cross sectional study in different work activity occupations of German firefighters and office workers
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Strauss, Marcus
Foshag, Peter
Przybylek, Bianca
Horlitz, Mark
Lucía Mulas, Alejandro
Sanchís-Gomar, Fabián
Leischik, Roman
author Strauss, Marcus
author_facet Strauss, Marcus
Foshag, Peter
Przybylek, Bianca
Horlitz, Mark
Lucía Mulas, Alejandro
Sanchís-Gomar, Fabián
Leischik, Roman
author_role author
author2 Foshag, Peter
Przybylek, Bianca
Horlitz, Mark
Lucía Mulas, Alejandro
Sanchís-Gomar, Fabián
Leischik, Roman
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Síndrome metabólico
Metabolismo - Trastornos
Metabolismo
topic Síndrome metabólico
Metabolismo - Trastornos
Metabolismo
description The treatment and prevention of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) is currently one of the major challenges in medicine. The impact of working conditions on metabolic risk has not been adequately studied. Our objective was to compare the prevalence of MetS and metabolic risk in two extremely different occupational groups: firefighters and office workers. A total of 143 male subjects (97 firefighters and 46 office workers) from Germany participated in the study. Anthropometric characteristics, metabolic risk parameters as well as laboratory parameters were collected. MetS was diagnosed according to criteria of the International Diabetes Federation. Sedentary occupation showed a significant tendency towards obesity. Abdominal waist circumference was significantly greater in office workers than in firefighters [5.08 CI (1.44-8.71), p = 0.007]. Concerning metabolic risk factors, abnormal HDL, triglycerides, BMI, blood pressure and waist circumference values were more frequently found in office workers than in firefighters. The MetS was detected in almost 33 % of office workers as compared with only 14 % in firefighters (p = 0.015). Regarding MetS in an international comparison, the prevalence of MetS in German office workers was high and in firefighters it was extremely low. Sedentary occupation as an office worker is associated with a high risk of MetS. Both groups need to be made aware of the metabolic risks, and health promoting concepts such as corporate sports activities or education in healthy nutrition need to be implemented to counteract the development of the MetS and cardiovascular risk factors.
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