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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
A group of 3975 San Francisco longshoremen in cohorts classified annually by work activity (WA) was followed for fatal heart attack (FHA) over a 22-year period. In 57,632 person-years of follow-up, 410 men died from heart attack. A multi-factor logistic analysis was used to study work energy output adjusted for age, race, systolic blood pressure, smoking, body mass index, glucose intolerance and EKG status as predictors of FHA. After adjustment for these factors, men with a high WA of 7 kcal/min above basal metabolism at the beginning of a yearly follow-up period had a FHA rate about one-half the rate for men in the lowest WA category of 1 kcal/min above basal metabolism (p = 0.0003). In addition, the predictability of average WA during the four years preceding a yearly follow-up period was isolated to see if the lower risk associated with high WA derives from selective factors. After adjustment for factors described above and also for rate of change in WA used to represent selective factors, subjects with WA of 7 kcal/min still had about one-half the FHA rate observed for men at the lowest WA level (p = 0.0006). The findings from these and other phases of the analysis are consistent with the hypothesis that a substantial protective effect against FHA results from vigorous physical exertion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0002-9262
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
110
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
52-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Work activity and fatal heart attack studied by multiple logistic risk analysis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.