Metabolic Syndrome among Operators Using Video Display Units in Call Centers

Antonio Pietroiusti ； Andrea Magrini ； Luca Coppeta ； Silvia Barone ； Barbara Sed ； Gianluca Manuli ； Enrico Bergamaschi ； Antonio Bergamaschi ； Bruno Piccoli

《SJWEH Supplements》 3期 (2007/01) Pp. 49-53

並列摘要

Objectives Reports about medical consequences from sedentary work are contradictory. They may be associated with the metabolic syndrome, a collection of cardiovascular risk factors including hypertension, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, and central obesity. No data are currently available on workers using visual display units (VDU), a potential high-risk group, given the sedentariness inherent in this work.
Methods The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was evaluated among 1547 VDU users with a mean age of 29.7 years and among a control group of 892 persons with a mean age of 30.2 years who performed nonsedentary work, selected on the basis of similar demographic data. A physical examination and laboratory tests useful for the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome were performed.
Results The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 3.10% for the VDU users versus 2.01% for the controls [odds ratio (OR) 2.048, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.169-3.587, P=0.012). Significance persisted after control for confounding factors (eg, smoking and leisure-time activity) in a multivariate analysis (OR 1.555, 95% CI 1.03-2.690, P＜0.05).
Conclusions The metabolic syndrome should be carefully considered when health surveillance programs for VDU users are implemented.

並列關鍵字

central obesity ； dyslipidemia ； hypertension ； insulin resistance ； job task ； occupational health ； sedentariness