ArticleDiabetology & metabolic syndrome2016
Occupation and metabolic syndrome: is there correlation? A cross sectional study in different work activity occupations of German firefighters and office workers.
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- Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among primary and secondary school teachers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components in Firefighters: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Non-cancer health risks in firefighters: a systematic review.Epidemiology and health · 2022Pooled it
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- Metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk factors among bank employees in iran: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- At-Home Immersive Virtual Reality Exergames to Reduce Cardiometabolic Risk Among Office Workers: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Workplace-Based Education Interventions for Managing Metabolic Syndrome in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Realist Review.Public health challenges · 2024Review
- Perception of the activity-based working concept by bank's employees as a working condition.International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health · 2023Article
- A longitudinal linkage study of occupation and ischaemic heart disease in the general and Māori populations of New Zealand.PloS one · 2022Article
- Risk assessment of metabolic syndrome prevalence involving sedentary occupations and socioeconomic status.BMJ open · 2021Article
- The Role of Physical Activity-Related Health Competence and Leisure-Time Physical Activity for Physical Health and Metabolic Syndrome: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach for German Office Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated with a Reduced Cardiovascular Risk in Occupational Groups with Different Working Conditions: A Cross-Sectional Study among Police Officers and Office Workers.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Higher cardiorespiratory fitness is strongly associated with lower cardiovascular risk factors in firefighters: a cross-sectional study in a German fire brigade.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Exercise capacity, cardiovascular and metabolic risk of the sample of German police officers in a descriptive international comparison.International journal of medical sciences · 2021Observational
- Shifted Firefighter Health Investigation by Personal Health Insurance Record in Taiwan.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Article
- Hospital admissions due to endocrine diseases in Korean male firefighters.Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2021Article
- The Relationship Between the Metabolic Syndrome and the Place of Residence in the Local Community on the Example of the Janów Lubelski District in Eastern Poland: A Population-Based Study.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2021Article
- Association between metabolic syndrome and work: an integrative review of the literature.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe treatment and prevention of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) is currently one of the major challenges in medicine. The impact of working conditions on metabolic risk has not been adequately studied. Our objective was to compare the prevalence of MetS and metabolic risk in two extremely different occupational groups: firefighters and office workers.
methodsA total of 143 male subjects (97 firefighters and 46 office workers) from Germany participated in the study. Anthropometric characteristics, metabolic risk parameters as well as laboratory parameters were collected. MetS was diagnosed according to criteria of the International Diabetes Federation.
resultsSedentary occupation showed a significant tendency towards obesity. Abdominal waist circumference was significantly greater in office workers than in firefighters [5.08 CI (1.44-8.71), p = 0.007]. Concerning metabolic risk factors, abnormal HDL, triglycerides, BMI, blood pressure and waist circumference values were more frequently found in office workers than in firefighters. The MetS was detected in almost 33 % of office workers as compared with only 14 % in firefighters (p = 0.015). Regarding MetS in an international comparison, the prevalence of MetS in German office workers was high and in firefighters it was extremely low.
conclusionsSedentary occupation as an office worker is associated with a high risk of MetS. Both groups need to be made aware of the metabolic risks, and health promoting concepts such as corporate sports activities or education in healthy nutrition need to be implemented to counteract the development of the MetS and cardiovascular risk factors.
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