Occupational stress is associated with major long-term weight gain in a Swedish population-based cohort

Source avec lien : International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, , 12/6/2018. 10.1007/s00420-018-1392-6

La prévalence du stress professionnel et de l’obésité augmente, mais les résultats prospectifs associant ces conditions sont incohérents. Nous avons examiné si une exposition de base ainsi qu’une exposition prolongée à des exigences de travail élevées et à une faible latitude de décision étaient associées à un gain de poids important (≥ 10% du poids de référence) chez 3872 femmes et hommes suédois examinés trois fois sur 20 ans dans le cadre du programme d’intervention Västerbotten.

Purpose

Occupational stress and obesity are both increasing in prevalence, but prospective findings relating these conditions are inconsistent. We investigated if baseline as well as prolonged exposure to high job demands and low decision latitude were associated with major weight gain (≥ 10% of baseline weight) in 3872 Swedish women and men examined three times over 20 years in the population-based Västerbotten Intervention Program.

Methods

Anthropometry was measured and participants completed questionnaires on job strain, diet, and other lifestyle factors. Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI), adjusting for confounders.

Results

Adjusting for age, baseline low decision latitude was associated with major weight gain over 10- and 20-year OR (95% CI) 1.16 (1.00–1.33) and 1.29 (1.13–1.47), respectively (both sexes combined). After adjustment for diet quality and other confounders, the effect over 20 years remained 1.30 (1.13–1.50). Sex modified the effect of prolonged exposure to high job demands over at least 10 years (interaction p = 0.02), showing that high job demands was a risk factor of major weight gain over 20 years in women [1.54 (1.14–2.07)], but not in men [0.87 (0.63–1.19)]. Neither diet nor other lifestyle factors explained these associations.

Conclusions

In conclusion, low decision latitude predicted major weight gain in women and men. In women, the results suggest an additional contribution to major weight gain from high job demands.

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