ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2021
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors by BMI and Age in United States Firefighters.
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- Non-respiratory health risks and mortality associated with fighting bushfires (wildfires): a systematic review.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2025Pooled 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
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- Acute cardiovascular changes following heat exposure during simulated shipboard firefighting.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- Exercise-induced ventricular arrhythmias and subclinical ischemia risk in firefighters: exploratory results from a pilot study.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Health, safety training, and exposure reduction practices among U. S. fire investigators: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Impact of Age and Years in the Fire Service on Firefighter Health and Physical Performance Outcomes.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Age, inflammation, alkaline phosphatase, and coronary artery calcification in firefighters.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Article
- A new online dynamic nomogram based on the inflammation burden index to predict cardiac injury after antitumor therapy in lung cancer patients.Cardio-oncology (London, England) · 2025Article
- Determinants of health status and health-related behaviors among polish firefighters: a nationwide survey-based study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- A Theory-Guided Qualitative Exploration of Occupational Influences on Firefighters' Dietary Behaviors.Workplace health & safety · 2024Article
- Hydration Considerations to Improve the Physical Performance and Health of Firefighters.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Review
- Associations between Dietary Intake and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in American Career Firefighters: An Observational Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
- Association of Endogenous Testosterone with Physical Fitness Measures during Firefighter Occupational Health Evaluations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Relationships between job stress, post-traumatic stress and musculoskeletal symptoms in firefighters and the role of job burnout and depression mediators: a bayesian network model.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Association between Physical Fitness and Cardiovascular Health in Firefighters.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Health Impacts of High BMI in China: Terrible Present and Future.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study examined cardiovascular disease risk factors by BMI category in firefighters, the association of BMI and age with risk factor prevalence, and the prevalence of risk factors by BMI category within age groups.
methodsCardiovascular measures from the medical evaluations of 4,453 firefighters, performed between 2015 and 2018 at four occupational health clinics in the United States (South-West Cohort, Mid-Atlantic Cohort, South-East Cohort, and Mid-West Cohort), were analyzed cross-sectionally by BMI and age categories.
resultsAmong female firefighters with normal weight, 25% had high blood pressure, 8% had low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and 0% had high glucose, whereas the prevalence in female firefighters with obesity was 57%, 45%, and 11%, respectively. Among male firefighters, there were independent and significant associations of BMI and age for the prevalence of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, and high glucose. Higher BMI category was associated with a higher prevalence of high blood pressure, high triglycerides, and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol within all age groups and with a higher prevalence of high glucose and high cholesterol within ages 40 to 49 and 50 to 59 years.
conclusionsAn increasing prevalence of risk factors with older age and higher BMI suggests that preventive strategies should be initiated in younger firefighters and aggressively promoted or mandated throughout firefighters' careers.
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