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Wildland Firefighter Work History and Clinical Indicators of Cardiovascular Health.
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Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine . Sep2024, Vol. 66 Issue 9, pe418-e422. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Objective: To determine the association between the occupational history as a wildland firefighter (WFF) and clinical indicators of cardiovascular health. Methods: Among 2862 WFFs, we evaluated associations between the number of total days assigned on fire and high-risk categories of three clinically measured cardiovascular indicators. Results: Almost one-third (32%) of WFFs had one or more clinicalmeasures that would place them in high-risk categories for body mass index, blood pressure, and total cholesterol. WFF work history was associated with some of these measures: odds ratio (and 95% confidence interval) for highest versus lowest tertile of days on fire were 1.4 (1.2, 1.8) and 1.2 (1.0, 1.5) for high-risk categories of body mass index and cholesterol, respectively. Conclusion: More frequent screening and targeted health promotion programs for WFFs are warranted to increase awareness of cardiovascular risk and prevention strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *OCCUPATIONAL disease risk factors
*RISK assessment
*CROSS-sectional method
*BODY mass index
*OCCUPATIONAL diseases
*RESEARCH funding
*CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*ODDS ratio
*OCCUPATIONAL exposure
*CHOLESTEROL
*COMPARATIVE studies
*BLOOD pressure
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*MEDICAL screening
*HEALTH promotion
*HEALTH education
*FIREFIGHTING
*FIRE fighters
*PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
*PREVENTIVE health services
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10762752
- Volume :
- 66
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 179680491
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000003172