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Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2004
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(03)00074-7
Abstract: To examine prospectively the relationship between job insecurity and incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) among women. We conducted the study in 36,910 women from the Nurses' Health Study, a prospective cohort of female registered nurses residing in 11 US states. These women were 46 to 71 years old, and did not have diagnosed CHD, stroke, or cancer at baseline (1992). We collected information on job insecurity in 1992 and coronary heart disease incidence between baseline (June 1, 1992) and return of the 1996 questionnaire. During 4 years of follow-up, we documented 154 incident cases of CHD (113 non-fatal cases of myocardial infarction (MI) and 41 CHD deaths). After adjustment for a wide array of potential confounders, the relative risk (RR) of total CHD over 2-year follow-up was 1.35 (95% CI, 0.78-2.34) and 1.04 (95% CI, 0.69-1.57) over 4-year follow-up. Job insecurity appeared to significantly increase the risk of non-fatal MI in the short term (2-year follow-up: RR=1.89, 95% CI, 1.03-3.50), though not over a longer follow-up period (RR=1.28, 95% CI, 0.82-2.00), nor fatal CHD in the short term (RR=0.49, 95% CI, 0.22-2.08). These data suggest that job insecurity may increase the short-term risk of non-fatal MI in women.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 12-2002
Abstract: Previous studies of job strain and coronary heart disease (CHD) in men have established job strain as a predictor of CHD risk. Despite the wealth of convincing evidence in men for an association between job strain and CHD, data in women remain sparse. We prospectively evaluated the relation between job strain and CHD risk in the Nurses' Health Study. In this analysis, we followed a s le of 35 038 US female nurses aged 46-71 years, who completed questions about job strain in 1992 and who were free of diagnosed CHD, stroke, and cancer at baseline. The main outcome measure was the incidence of CHD occurring between baseline (1 June 1992) and 31 May 1996. During 4 years of follow-up, we documented 146 incident cases of CHD (108 non-fatal cases of myocardial infarction and 38 CHD deaths). No evidence was found for a relationship between job strain and risk of CHD. In multivariate analyses controlling for age, smoking, alcohol intake, body mass index, history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and other covariates, women in high strain jobs did not have an increased risk of CHD (relative risk [RR] = 0.71, 95% CI: 0.42-1.19) compared with women in low strain jobs. Neither women in passive jobs (RR = 1.08, 95% CI: 0.69-1.68) nor those in active jobs (RR = 0.91, 95% CI: 0.54-1.53) had an increased risk of CHD. Job strain was not related to an increase in the incidence of CHD in the present cohort of nurses.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 27-04-2242
DOI: 10.1093/IJE/DYH258
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2003
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(02)00582-2
Abstract: A growing number of women provide care to disabled or ill relatives. Many studies have linked caregiving to psychiatric morbidity, lower perceived health status, elevated blood pressure, and poorer immune function. However, no studies have examined the association between caregiving and cardiovascular disease incidence. We conducted the study in 54,412 women from the Nurses' Health Study, a prospective cohort of female registered nurses residing in 11 U.S. states. These women were aged 46 to 71 years and did not have diagnosed coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, or cancer at baseline (1992). We collected information on caregiving responsibilities in 1992 and coronary heart disease between baseline (June 1, 1992) and return of the 1996 questionnaire. During 4 years of follow-up, we documented 321 incident cases of CHD (231 nonfatal cases of myocardial infarction and 90 CHD deaths). In multivariate analyses controlling for age, smoking, exercise, alcohol intake, body mass index, history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and other covariates, caregiving for disabled or ill spouse for > or =9 hours per week was associated with increased risk of CHD (RR, 1.82 95% confidence interval, 1.08-3.05). However, caregiving for disabled or ill parents or disabled or ill others was not significantly associated with increased risks of CHD. These data indicate that high levels of caregiving burden for ill spouses may increase the risk of CHD among women.
Publisher: American Public Health Association
Date: 11-2003
Abstract: Objectives. We examined the relationship between burden of providing care to non-ill children and grandchildren and incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) among women. Methods. A prospective cohort study was conducted as part of the Nurses’ Health Study among 54 412 women aged 46 to 71 years who were registered nurses. Women answered questions about their child care responsibilities. Results. We documented 321 incident cases of CHD during 4 years of follow-up. Multivariate analyses showed that caring for non-ill children 21 hours or more per week and caring for non-ill grandchildren 9 hours or more per week (vs no caregiving) were associated with an increased risk of CHD (relative risks were 1.59 and 1.55, respectively). Conclusions. High levels of care provision to grandchildren (and possibly children) may increase the risk of CHD among women.
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