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Work Stress Doubles Risk Of Death From Heart Disease
Work stress is associated with a
doubling of the risk of death from heart disease, finds a study in this
week's BMJ.
Story filed: October 18, 2002 (British Medical Journal)
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Researchers followed 812 healthy employees
(545 men, 267 women) of a company in Finland for an average of 25 years.
They gathered data on stress, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and body
mass index by questionnaire, interviews, and clinical examinations.
Cardiovascular deaths were calculated using the national mortality register.
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They found that job strain (high work demands and low job control)
and effort-reward imbalance (high demands, low security, few career
opportunities) were each associated with a doubling of the risk of
cardiovascular death among initially healthy employees. High job stress was
also associated with increased cholesterol concentrations and body mass
index. .
In promoting cardiovascular health, the traditional advice has been
for people to stop smoking, cut down drinking, eat less fat, and engage in
physical activity. These findings suggest that attention should also be paid
to the prevention of work stress, conclude the authors.