TY - JOUR
T1 - Occupational Exposures and Metabolic Syndrome among Hispanics/Latinos
AU - Bulka, Catherine M.
AU - Daviglus, Martha L.
AU - Persky, Victoria W.
AU - Durazo-Arvizu, Ramon A.
AU - Avilés-Santa, M. Larissa
AU - Gallo, Linda C.
AU - Hosgood, H. Dean
AU - Singer, Richard H.
AU - Talavera, Gregory A.
AU - Thyagarajan, Bharat
AU - Zeng, Donglin
AU - Argos, Maria
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright 2017 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2017/11/1
Y1 - 2017/11/1
N2 - Objective: We assessed the cross-sectional relationships of self-reported current occupational exposures to solvents, metals, and pesticides with metabolic syndrome and its components among 7127 participants in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Methods: Metabolic syndrome was defined as a clustering of abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high blood pressure, and/or high fasting glucose. Regression models that incorporated inverse probability of exposure weighting were used to estimate prevalence ratios. Results: Solvent exposure was associated with a 32% higher prevalence of high blood pressure (95% confidence interval: 1.09 to 1.60) than participants not reporting exposure. No associations were observed for occupational exposures with abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein, or metabolic syndrome. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that solvent exposure may be an important occupational risk factor for high blood pressure among Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.
AB - Objective: We assessed the cross-sectional relationships of self-reported current occupational exposures to solvents, metals, and pesticides with metabolic syndrome and its components among 7127 participants in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Methods: Metabolic syndrome was defined as a clustering of abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high blood pressure, and/or high fasting glucose. Regression models that incorporated inverse probability of exposure weighting were used to estimate prevalence ratios. Results: Solvent exposure was associated with a 32% higher prevalence of high blood pressure (95% confidence interval: 1.09 to 1.60) than participants not reporting exposure. No associations were observed for occupational exposures with abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein, or metabolic syndrome. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that solvent exposure may be an important occupational risk factor for high blood pressure among Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001115
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001115
M3 - Article
C2 - 29112602
AN - SCOPUS:85033550300
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 59
SP - 1047
EP - 1055
JO - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
JF - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
IS - 11
ER -
