Markus Strauß|Peter Foshag|Bianca Przybylek|Marc Horlitz|Alejandro Lucia|Fabián Sanchís-Gomar|Roman Leischik
Occupation and metabolic syndrome: is there correlation? A cross sectional study in different work activity occupations of German firefighters and office workers
Witten/Herdecke University|Witten/Herdecke University|Witten/Herdecke University|Witten/Herdecke University|Research Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre|Research Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre|Witten/Herdecke University
treatment prevention metabolic syndrome mets currently one major challenges medicine impact working conditions metabolic risk adequately studied objective compare prevalence mets metabolic risk two extremely different occupational groups firefighters office workersa total 143 male subjects 97 firefighters 46 office workers germany participated study anthropometric characteristics metabolic risk parameters well laboratory parameters collected mets diagnosed according criteria international diabetes federationsedentary occupation showed significant tendency towards obesity abdominal waist circumference significantly greater office workers firefighters 508 ci 144871 p 0007 concerning metabolic risk factors abnormal hdl triglycerides bmi blood pressure waist circumference values frequently found office workers firefighters mets detected almost 33 office workers compared 14 firefighters p 0015 regarding mets international comparison prevalence mets german office workers high firefighters extremely lowsedentary occupation office worker associated high risk mets groups need made aware metabolic risks health promoting concepts corporate sports activities education healthy nutrition need implemented counteract development mets cardiovascular risk factors