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Associations of job strain and lifestyle risk factors with risk of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis of individual participant data

Authors: Kivimaki M, Nyberg ST, Fransson EI, Heikkila K, Alfredsson L, Casini A, Clays E, De Bacquer D, Dragano N, Ferrie JE, Goldberg M, Hamer M, Jokela M, Karasek R, Kittel F, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Nordin M, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Rugulies R, Salo P, Siegrist J, Suominen SB, Theorell T, Vahtera J, Virtanen M, Westerholm PJM, Westerlund H, Zins M, Steptoe A, Singh-Manoux A, Batty GD

Publisher: CMA-CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOC

Publication year: 2013

Journal: Canadian Medical Association Journal

Journal name in source: CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

Journal acronym: CAN MED ASSOC J

Number in series: 9

Volume: 185

Issue: 9

First page : 763

Last page: 769

Number of pages: 7

ISSN: 0820-3946

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.121735

Abstract

Interpretation: The risk of coronary artery disease was highest among participants who reported job strain and an unhealthy lifestyle; those with job strain and a healthy lifestyle had half the rate of disease. A healthy life style may substantially reduce disease risk among people with job strain.