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Coronary heart disease risk in volunteer firefighters in Victoria, Australia
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posted on 2014-01-01, 00:00 authored by Alex Wolkow, K Netto, P Langridge, J Green, D Nichols, M Sergeant, Brad AisbettBrad AisbettCoronary heart disease (CHD) is a major problem for firefighters, even when considering the healthy worker effect (HWE). Although volunteer firefighters outnumber paid personnel, previous research has focused on paid US firefighters. By contrast, no CHD data for Australian firefighters exist. Risk factor data were collected from 2,943 Australian volunteer firefighters and CHD risk was compared with reference "low-risk" and Australian population data. Predicted CHD risk for male and female firefighter was 19.2% and 5.1%, respectively. Female firefighters high blood pressure and fasting glucose was significantly lower than the general population, whereas all other risk factors was similar to the general population. Firefighters' CHD risk was greater than other volunteer and paid emergency services, but the prevalence for most risk factors was similar to the general population. Therefore, Australian volunteer firefighters may not benefit from the HWE.
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Archives of environmental and occupational healthVolume
69Issue
2Pagination
112 - 120Publisher
Taylor & FrancisLocation
Abingdon, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1933-8244eISSN
2154-4700Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2014, Taylor and FrancisUsage metrics
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coronary heart diseaseoccupational healthworkplaceScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineEnvironmental SciencesPublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthEnvironmental Sciences & EcologyHEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALSCARDIOVASCULAR RISKPHYSICAL-ACTIVITYUNITED-STATESEVENTSTIMEASSOCIATIONSUPPRESSIONPOPULATIONPREVALENCE
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