Association between psychosocial work-related factors at midlife and arterial stiffness at older age in a prospective cohort of 1736 white-collar workers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Arterial stiffness and exposure to psychosocial work-related factors increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. However, little is known about the relationship between psychosocial work-related factors and arterial stiffness. We aimed to examine this relationship.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Public organisations in Quebec City, Canada.

Participants

The study included 1736 white-collar workers (women 52%) from 19 public organisations.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Association between psychosocial work-related factors from the job strain and effort-reward imbalance (ERI) models assessed at study baseline (1999-2001) with validated instruments and arterial stiffness assessed using carotid-femoral pulse wave veloc

SUBMITTER: Massamba VK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10537828 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature