The Association between Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Motor Vehicle Crashes among Professional Truck Drivers

Ronna, Brenden B.; Thiese, Matthew S.; Ott, Ulrike; Effiong, Atim; Murtaugh, Maureen; Kapellusch, Jay; Garg, Arun; Hegmann, Kurt

doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000000806

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The Association between Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Motor Vehicle Crashes among Professional Truck Drivers

Published Date:

Aug 2016

Source:

J Occup Environ Med. 58(8):828-832.

Public Access Version Available on: August 01, 2017

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Personal Authors:

Ronna, Brenden B. ; Thiese, Matthew S. ; Ott, Ulrike ; Effiong, Atim ; Murtaugh, Maureen ; ... More ▼

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Pubmed ID:

27414010

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4980233

Description:

Objective

This study assesses relationships between the Framingham Cardiovascular Disease Risk (CVD risk) Score and prevalence of US Department of Transportation (DOT)-reportable crashes in commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers, after controlling for potential confounders.

Methods

Data were analyzed from CMV drivers (N=797) in a large cross-sectional study. CVD risk was calculated for each driver. Adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (95% CI) between CVD risk and DOT-reportable crashes were calculated.

Results

Drivers in the two highest CVD risk groups had significantly higher likelihood of crash (OR=2.08, 95% CI=1.20-3.63 and OR=1.99, 95% CI=1.05-3.77, respectively) after adjusting for confounders. There was a significant trend of increasing prevalence of crashes with an increasing CVD risk score (p=0.0298).

Conclusion

Drivers with high CVD risk had a higher likelihood of a crash after controlling for confounders.

Document Type:

Journal Article

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CDC Public Access

Funding:

R01 OH009155/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
T42 OH008414/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States

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