Predictors associated with changes of weight and total cholesterol among two occupational cohorts over 10 years

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• Personal Author:
  Greenwood JLJ ; Gren LH ; Hegmann KT ; Murtaugh MA ; Ott U ; Stanford JB ; Thiese MS
• Description:
  Objective: To ascertain worker health characteristics and psychosocial factors associated with changes in body weight and total cholesterol (TC) among two production operation populations. Methods: We performed descriptive and predictive analysis of questionnaire data and biomedical measurements from two prospective cohort studies. Our key outcomes were changes in weight, and TC over 5 to 10 years between baseline and exit assessments. Results: A total of 146 subjects were analyzed. Increases in weight were associated with belief in being overweight and baseline overweight and obesity. Increases in TC levels were associated with female sex, belief that TC levels were "not good," and feeling depressed. Conclusions: Most of the reported associations with increases in weight and TC levels are amenable to interventions and may be a target for workplace intervention programs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biological Factors Blood Body Weight Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Men Mental Health Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Women

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• Keywords:
  Attitude Biological-factors Body-weight Health-surveys Humans Medical-monitoring Mental-processes Physiological-measurements Psychological-factors Questionnaires Risk-analysis Serum-cholesterol Sociological-factors Weight-factors Weight-measurement Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046409
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2015 Jul; 57(7):743-750
• Contact Point Address:
  Ulrike Ott, PhD, MSPH, 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:af3ad4d599f027f257be545d9368b8f6bc5fc03ac6e6b874e2bbf3d75aa7f9f9bd4a9a19522cd8b516ab98a7613dcbdb1fa5a18cb6311b39d5bb635b1fb6c281
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201477/cdc_201477_DS1.pdf
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