Subclinical Measures of Cardiovascular Health Among Wildland Firefighters.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the study is to compare subclinical measures of cardiovascular health among wildland firefighters (WFFs) to the US general population.

Methods

Our cross-sectional study compared body mass index, total cholesterol, and blood pressure in 11,051 WFFs aged 17 to 64 years using Department of the Interior Medical Screening Program clinical screening examinations between 2014-2018 to National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of 2015-2016 cycle using adjusted logistic regression analyses.

Results

The logistic regression model shows significantly higher odds of hypertension and prehypertension in WFFs (2.84 times more with 95% CI: 2.28-3.53) than US general population. There were no consistent differences in body mass index or total cholesterol betw

SUBMITTER: Hasan MZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11104274 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature