Job Strain and the Risk of Stroke An Individual-Participant Data Meta-Analysis

: Fransson EI, Nyberg ST, Heikkila K, Alfredsson L, Bjorner JB, Borritz M, Burr H, Dragano N, Geuskens GA, Goldberg M, Hamer M, Hooftman WE, Houtman IL, Joensuu M, Jokela M, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Koskinen A, Kumari M, Leineweber C, Lunau T, Madsen IEH, Hanson LLM, Nielsen ML, Nordin M, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Pejtersen JH, Rugulies R, Salo P, Shipley MJ, Steptoe A, Suominen SB, Theorell T, Toppinen-Tanner S, Vahtera J, Virtanen M, Vaananen A, Westerholm PJM, Westerlund H, Zins M, Britton A, Brunner EJ, Singh-Manoux A, Batty GD, Kivimaki M

Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS

: 2015

: Stroke

: STROKE

: 46

: 2

: 557

: 559

: 3

: 0039-2499

: 1524-4628

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.008019

Conclusion-Job strain may be associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke, but further research is needed to determine whether interventions targeting job strain would reduce stroke risk beyond existing preventive strategies.