Atypical Work Hours and Metabolic Syndrome Among Police Officers

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• Personal Author:
  Andrew, Michael E. ; Burchfiel CM ; Charles LE ; Fekedulegn D ; Hartley TA ; Mnatsakanova A ; Vila BJ ; Violanti JM
• Description:
  This study examined whether atypical work hours are associated with metabolic syndrome among a random sample of 98 police officers. Shift work and overtime data from daily payroll records and reported sleep duration were obtained. Metabolic syndrome was defined as elevated waist circumference and triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, hypertension, and glucose intolerance. Multivariate analysis of variance and analysis of covariance models were used for analyses. Officers working midnight shifts were on average younger and had a slightly higher mean number of metabolic syndrome components. Stratification on sleep duration and overtime revealed significant associations between midnight shifts and the mean number of metabolic syndrome components among officers with less sleep (p = .013) and more overtime (p = .007). Results suggest shorter sleep duration and more overtime combined with midnight shift work may be important contributors to the metabolic syndrome. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Circadian Rhythm Law Enforcement Occupational Health Safety Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease BCOPS Circadian Rhythms Law Enforcement Metabolic Disorders Overtime Police Officers Shift Work Shift Workers Sleep Sleep Deprivation Work Schedules

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• ISSN:
  1933-8244
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  194-201
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036044
• Citation:
  Arch Environ Occup Health 2009 Fall; 64(3):194-201
• Contact Point Address:
  John M Violanti, School of Public Health and Health Professions, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, 270 Farber Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214
• Email:
  violanti@buffalo.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services ; Public Safety ; Research Tools and Approaches: Intervention Effectiveness Research
• Performing Organization:
  University of New York at Buffalo
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19980930
• Source Full Name:
  Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health
• End Date:
  20000929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5d19f684c5d24127c61a17996de913e5f412f2c6893da00846bf6194acb40216d36a9d4ce9b79d07c98bc45a8d867a0e31be1e37f594467f0b56cd363b8dec4d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187652/cdc_187652_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 86.42 KB ]