Associations of job strain and lifestyle risk factors with risk of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis of individual participant data
: 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
: 2013
: Canadian Medical Association Journal
: CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL
: CAN MED ASSOC J
: 9
: 185
: 9
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: 769
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: 0820-3946
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.121735
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.