Association of occupational sitting with cardiovascular outcomes and cardiometabolic risk factors: a systematic review with a sex-sensitive/gender-sensitive perspective.

Objectives: Sedentary behaviour is a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular health. Although long periods of sedentary behaviour take place at work, evidence of the relationship between such occupational sitting and cardiometabolic health risks remains limited. This systematic review aimed to update the evidence on the associations of occupational sitting with cardiovascular outcomes and cardiometabolic risk factors based on longitudinal studies.

[Workshop on Health Risks of Sedentary Behavior at Workplace - Solutions Part II].

Aim: Health risks of prolonged periods of sitting at work are a matter of concern. Solutions are needed based on interdisciplinary collaborations of research experts and practitioners in occupational safety and health areas.

Methods: In February 2019, at a workshop in Berlin of experts from different fields, issues of scientific evidence on the health risks of sedentary behaviour at work were presented in 6 lectures and solutions for the workplace were discussed.

Association of perceived job insecurity with ischemic heart disease and antihypertensive medication in the Danish Work Environment Cohort Study 1990-2010.

Purpose: To determine the effect of job insecurity based on repeated measurements on ischemic heart disease (IHD) and on antihypertensive medication.

Methods: The study population consists of 12,559 employees aged 18-59 years of the Danish Work Environment Cohort Study. With an open cohort design, data from up to four representative waves were linked to four registers.

Psychosocial stress at work and cardiovascular diseases: an overview of systematic reviews.

Purpose: Based on information reported in systematic reviews (SRevs), this study aimed to find out whether psychosocial stress at work leads to cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality.

Methods: A systematic search in PubMed and EMBASE (until 2014) used a string based on PICOS components. A manual search was followed.

The role of psychosocial stress at work for the development of cardiovascular diseases: a systematic review.

Purpose: A systematic review was carried out to assess evidence for the association between different models of stress at work, and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

Methods: A literature search was conducted using five databases (MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, PSYNDEX and PsycINFO). Inclusion criteria for studies were the following: self-reported stress for individual workplaces, prospective study design and incident disease (myocardial infarction, stroke, angina pectoris, high blood pressure).

Soluble intercellular adhesion molecules in the serum of subjects exposed to dust at different workplaces--correlation to airway symptoms, lung function, tobacco and dust exposure.

Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (s-ICAM-1) was evaluated as biomarker indicating inflammatory processes in the airways of persons exposed to salt dust, ceramic dust and flour dust. ICAM values in the serum of these workers were related to airway symptoms, lung function (FEV1), inhalable dust dose and tobacco consumption. A weak relation was found to airway symptoms (cough and phlegm) and FEV1.