Construction of life-course occupational trajectories: evidence for work as a mediator of racial disparities in hypertension

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• Personal Author:
  Meyer, J. D. ; Mutambudzi M ; Meyer, J. D. ; Mutambudzi M
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a life-course model of work may explain racial or ethnic differentials in health. Occupational characteristics are relevant socioeconomic indicators of health disparities and essential determinants of health. METHODS: Growth mixture modeling (GMM) was used to construct longitudinal trajectories of work characteristics from the ages of 20 to 32 years. Path analyses were used to evaluate the association of race, ethnicity, education, and work trajectory on incident hypertension. RESULTS: Growth mixture modeling yielded three latent class trajectories. Black subjects with postsecondary education were 2.5 times more likely to be found in the lowest occupational trajectory. The three-class trajectory model mediated 43.6% of the direct effect of race on incident hypertension. CONCLUSIONS: Latent class trajectories of work demonstrated a stronger association with incident hypertension than did measures of current work, and clearly mediated the effects of race on hypertension. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Biological Factors Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Education Men Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Women

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• Keywords:
  Age-groups Analytical-processes Biological-factors Humans Hypertension Models Racial-factors Risk-factors Sociological-factors
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; New York ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042401
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2012 Oct; 54(10):1201-1207
• Contact Point Address:
  John D. Meyer, MD, MPH, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, SUNY-Downstate School of Public Health, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 43 Brooklyn, NY 11203
• Email:
  john.meyer@downstate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20120831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2b5c67c28157f5baaa9e413060db0982fe0d32293b179262f8de144c781b29e187d83ebda4db1e24543339c7141e3663b9871ba890bb0622bd0ca84497745045
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194633/cdc_194633_DS1.pdf
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