Author, as appears in the article.: Gómez-Recasens, M; Alfaro-Barrio, S; Tarro, L; Llauradó, E; Solà, R
Department: Medicina i Cirurgia Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
URV's Author/s: Gómez Recasens, Montserrat / Llauradó Ribé, Elisabet / Solà Alberich, Rosa Maria / Tarro Sánchez, Lucía
Keywords: Workplace Occupational physical activity Leisure-time Cross-sectional Cardiometabolic risk factors workplace work nutrition mortality men health guidelines cross-sectional cardiovascular-disease cardiometabolic risk factors activity paradox
Abstract: Contradictory data exist on the impact of occupational physical activity (OPA) on cardiovascular health. We aimed to evaluate the association between OPA and cardiometabolic risk factors. A cross-sectional study was performed in an environmental services company in 2017 (Spain). OPA was classified by work categories as being low (≤3 METs) or moderate-high (>3 METs). Multiple linear and logistic binary regression models were used to assess the associations between OPA and cardiometabolic risk factors related to obesity, blood pressure, blood lipids, and associated medical conditions, adjusted by age, sex, alcohol consumption, and global physical activity. In total, 751 employees were included (547 males and 204 females), and 55.5% (n = 417) had moderate-high OPA. Significant inverse associations were observed between OPA and weight, body mass index, waist circumference, waist-hip ratio, and total cholesterol both overall and in males. OPA was significantly inversely related to dyslipidemia overall and in both sexes, while the overweight plus obesity rate was inversely related only in the total and male populations. OPA was associated with a better cardiometabolic risk factor profile, particularly in males. The fact that our models were also adjusted by global physical activity highlights the associations obtained as being independent of leisure time physical activity effects.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Psicología Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Nutrition and dietetics Nutrition & dietetics Nutrição Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar Food science Farmacia Engenharias iv Engenharias ii Enfermagem Educação física Economia Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: elisabet.llaurado@urv.cat montserrat.gomez@estudiants.urv.cat rosa.sola@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-7439-9531 0000-0002-8359-235X
Record's date: 2024-08-03
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/6/1421
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Nutrients. 15 (6):
APA: Gómez-Recasens, M; Alfaro-Barrio, S; Tarro, L; Llauradó, E; Solà, R (2023). Occupational Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients, 15(6), -. DOI: 10.3390/nu15061421
Article's DOI: 10.3390/nu15061421
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2023
Publication Type: Journal Publications