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

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Ronna, Brenden B. ; Thiese, Matthew S. ; Ott, Ulrike ; Effiong, Atim ; Murtaugh, Maureen ; Kapellusch, Jay ; Garg, Arun ; Hegmann, Kurt
• 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.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Crashes Truck Drivers
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 58(8):828-832.
• Pubmed ID:
  27414010
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4980233
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 OH009155/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; T42 OH008414/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0c9cefdd5fcdbeed5f4701c75717e2da2f65ce095c2ca74c598ab1e5d906e4c4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/40888/cdc_40888_DS1.pdf
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