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Alternative Title:
J Environ Public Health
Personal Author:
Hartley, Tara A. ; Knox, Sarah S. ; Fekedulegn, Desta ; Barbosa-Leiker, Celestina ; Violanti, John M. ; ... More +
Hartley, Tara A. ; Knox, Sarah S. ; Fekedulegn, Desta ; Barbosa-Leiker, Celestina ; Violanti, John M. ; Andrew, Michael E. ; Burchfiel, Cecil M. Less -
Description:
Policing is one of the most dangerous and stressful occupations and such stress can have deleterious effects on health. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between depressive symptoms and metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) in male and female police officers from two study populations, Buffalo, NY and Spokane, WA. Depressive symptoms were measured using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale. MetSyn was defined using the 2005 AHA/NHBLI guidelines. Analysis of covariance was used to describe differences in number of MetSyn components across depressive symptom categories. The number of MetSyn components increased significantly across categories of CES-D for Spokane men only (p-trend = 0.003). For each 5-unit increase in CES-D score, odds increased by 47.6% for having hypertriglyceridemia, by 51.8% for having hypertension, and by 56.7% for having glucose intolerance. Exploring this association is important since both are predictors of future chronic health problems and the results could be helpful in developing future gender-specific prevention and intervention efforts among police officers.
Subject:
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Adult
Aged
Association
Cardiovascular Diseases
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression
Female
Humans
Hypertension
Male
Metabolic Syndrome X
Middle Aged
Occupational Diseases
Police
Research Article
Stress, Physiological
Stress, Psychological
Young Adult

Source:
J Environ Public Health. 2012; 2012.
Document Type:
Journal Article
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CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:43c61842c76089fd0d9fec4c9a7178ebc4b13d5b3c26fd71030fea061afab5d8
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