ArticleBMC public health2021
Occupational lifting and risk of hypertension, stratified by use of anti-hypertensives and age - a cross-sectional and prospective cohort study.
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- Occupational Physical Activity and Hypertension: A Narrative Review.Current hypertension reports · 2026Review
- Occupational Physical Activity and Blood Pressure: The Role of Leisure Time Physical Activity and Sex Differences.Journal of Korean medical science · 2026Article
- Relationship between cumulative exposure to occupational lifting throughout working life and risk of ischemic heart disease in men and women. The Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank.Annals of work exposures and health · 2024Article
- Sex disparities in physical activity domains and hypertension prevalence.Clinical hypertension · 2024Article
- How Does Occupational Lifting Affect Ambulatory Blood Pressure, Relative Aerobic Workload and Level of Physical Activity?Annals of work exposures and health · 2023Article
- Different associations of occupational and leisure-time physical activity with the prevalence of hypertension among middle-aged community dwellers in rural Khánh Hòa, Vietnam.BMC public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundHeavy occupational lifting is prevalent in the general working population and is sparsely reported to associate with hypertension, especially among older and hypertensive workers. We investigated if heavy occupational lifting is associated with hypertension and blood pressure (BP) in both cross-sectional and prospective study designs in the Copenhagen General Population Study, stratified by age, and use of anti-hypertensives.
methodsParticipation was conducted following the declaration of Helsinki and approved by the ethical committee (H-KF-01-144/01). By multivariable logistic and linear regression models, we investigated the association between heavy occupational lifting and hypertension, in a cross-sectional design (n = 67,363), using anti-hypertensives or BP ≥140/≥90 mmHg as outcome, and in a prospective design (n = 7020) with an above-median change in systolic BP (SBP) from baseline to follow-up and/or a shift from no use to use of anti-hypertensives as outcome, with and without stratification by age and use of anti-hypertensives.
resultsThe odds ratio for hypertension was estimated at 0.97 (99% CI: 0.93-1.00) in the cross-sectional analysis, and at 1.08 (99% CI: 0.98-1.19) in the prospective analysis. The difference in SBP among workers with versus without heavy occupational lifting was estimated at - 0.29 mmHg (99% CI -0.82 - 0.25) in the cross-sectional and at 1.02 mmHg (99% CI -0.41 - 2.45) in the prospective analysis. No significant interaction between heavy occupational lifting and age, nor use of anti-hypertensives were shown.
conclusionsOnly the prospective analysis indicated heavy occupational lifting to increase the risk of hypertension. Further research on the association between occupational lifting and hypertension are needed.
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