Two industrial cohorts: baseline characteristics and factors associated with obesity

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• Personal Author:
  Garg, Arun ; Greenwood JLJ ; Gren LH ; Hegmann KT ; Murtaugh MA ; Ott U ; Stanford JB ; Thiese MS
• Description:
  Objective: To describe demographic and health characteristics, and factors associated with obesity among production workers. Methods: This crosssectional study analyzed baseline data from two occupational cohorts. Regression modeling was used to assess associations between worker characteristics and obesity. Results: A total of 1974 subjects were included in these analyses. The mean body mass index was 29.5 kg/m2 (SD = 6.5). Having smoked in the past and currently smoking decreased the odds of being obese in the WISTAH Distal Upper Extremity cohort, whereas those feeling depressed had increased odds of being obese. Being a Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian and married increased the odds of obesity in the BackWorks Low Back Pain cohort. Conclusions: Factors associated with obesity differed substantially between the two cohorts. Recognizing factors associated with obesity in specific work settings may provide opportunities for optimizing preventive workplace interventions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Body Weight Demography Mental Health Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Smokers Workplace
• Keywords:
  Body-weight Demographic-characteristics Models Psychological-effects Psychology Risk-factors Smoking Weight-factors Work-environment Workers
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Utah ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046177
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2015 May; 57(5):562-570
• Contact Point Address:
  Ulrike Ott, PhD, Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, 391 Chipeta Way, Suite C, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
• Email:
  Ulrike.ott@hsc.utah.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20110831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f8d7341e213b1f05d0bb83672f7913b62175624dbc5af4a30d87cd9efb15412b71a469cfbb265c53ca90d6d24e7182d05a4e1049a5b0a320585e43f0f2dc77e0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201304/cdc_201304_DS1.pdf
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