{"id":108464,"date":"2025-01-24T14:20:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stress.org\/?post_type=news&p=108464"},"modified":"2025-04-28T19:30:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T19:30:20","slug":"work-related-stress-and-worse-cardiovascular-health","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.stress.org\/news\/work-related-stress-and-worse-cardiovascular-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Work-Related Stress and Worse Cardiovascular Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Risk for worse cardiovascular health is increased by work-related stress.<\/p>\n

A cross-sectional study published in the\u00a0Journal of the American Heart Association\u00a0<\/em>found that work-related stress (WRS) is associated with worse cardiovascular (CV) health.<\/p>\n

CV health comprises the presence of\u00a0CV disease<\/a>\u00a0and 8 health behaviors and factors.<\/p>\n

Investigators from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine sourced data for this study from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), which was a community-based cohort study that collected baseline data between 2000 and 2002 in the United States. CV health was assessed among participants (N=3579) on the basis of WRS. CV health was scored using the American Heart Association\u2019s Life\u2019s Simple 7 metrics, in which inadequate health was defined as a score of 8 or less, average health as a score of 9 or 10, and optimal health as a score of 11 to 14. Work-related stress was based on yes or no questions about work stress.<\/p>\n

Individuals with (n=716) and without (n=2863) WRS had mean ages of 55\u00b17 and 57\u00b19 years, 56% and 46% were women, 47% and 40% were White, 48% and 42% had a Bachelor\u2019s degree or above, and 65% and 61% had a salary of $40,000 or above, respectively.<\/p>\n

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Our findings support the importance of workplace wellness programs designed to manage stress, promote CVH [CV health], and reduce the risk of CVD [CV disease] events.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Overall, 23% of individuals had optimal, 33% average, and 44% inadequate CV health.<\/p>\n

Individuals with WRS were less likely to have optimal (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.73; 95% CI, 0.58-0.92) or average (aOR, 0.75; 95% CI, 0.62-0.92) CV health compared with individuals without WRS.<\/p>\n

Similarly, WRS was associated with a lower likelihood of having 6 or 7 (aOR, 0.52; 95% CI, 0.32-0.85), 4 or 5 (aOR, 0.56; 95% CI, 0.40-0.78), and 2 or 3 (aOR, 0.64; 95% CI, 0.46-0.89) ideal metrics compared with no WRS.<\/p>\n

Stratified by health metrics, WRS was associated with a lower likelihood of having ideal physical activity (aOR, 0.70; 95% CI, 0.56-0.86) and ideal BMI (aOR, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.63-1.00) relative to poor physical activity and poor BMI, respectively.<\/p>\n

No modifying effects of age, gender, or race and ethnicity were observed.<\/p>\n

Similar trends were observed when the analyses were restricted to individuals reporting WRS for 6 or more months.<\/p>\n

This study may have been limited by relying on self-reported outcomes of WRS, diet,\u00a0physical activity<\/a>, and smoking.<\/p>\n

The study authors concluded, \u201c\u2026we found that work-related stress was associated with greater odds of having unfavorable CVH [CV health] measured by the CVH scores, number of ideal CVH metrics, and individual CVH metrics. Our findings support the importance of workplace wellness programs designed to manage stress, promote CVH, and reduce the risk of CVD [CV disease<\/a>] events.\u201d<\/p>\n

Disclosure: One study author declared affiliations with biotech, pharmaceutical, and\/or device companies. Please see the original reference for a full list of authors\u2019 disclosures.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Photo by Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on\u00a0The Cardiology Advisor\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Jessica Nye, PhD<\/a><\/p>\n

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References:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ogunmoroti O, Osibogun O, Allen NB, et al.\u00a0Work-related stress is associated with unfavorable cardiovascular health: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis<\/a>.\u00a0J Am Heart Assoc<\/em>. Published online November 6, 2024. doi:10.1161\/JAHA.124.035824<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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