Socioeconomic inequalities of cardiovascular risk factors among manufacturing employees in the Republic of Ireland: a cross-sectional study

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dc.contributor.authorTracey, Marsha L.
dc.contributor.authorFitzgerald, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorGeaney, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorPerry, Ivan J.
dc.contributor.authorGreiner, Birgit A.
dc.contributor.funderHealth Research Boarden
dc.contributor.funderIrish Heart Foundation
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-04T08:54:11Z
dc.date.available2016-10-04T08:54:11Z
dc.date.issued2015-08-13
dc.description.abstractObjectives: To explore socioeconomic differences in four cardiovascular disease risk factors (overweight/obesity, smoking, hypertension, height) among manufacturing employees in the Republic of Ireland (ROI). Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of 850 manufacturing employees aged 18–64 years. Education and job position served as socioeconomic indicators. Group-specific differences in prevalence were assessed with the Chi-squared test. Multivariate regression models were explored if education and job position were independent predictors of the CVD risk factors. Cochran–Armitage test for trend was used to assess the presence of a social gradient. Results: A social gradient was found across educational levels for smoking and height. Employees with the highest education were less likely to smoke compared to the least educated employees (OR 0.2, [95% CI 0.1–0.4]; p b 0.001). Lower educational attainment was associated with a reduction in mean height. Non-linear differences were found in both educational level and job position for obesity/overweight. Managers were more than twice as likely to be overweight or obese relative to those employees in the lowest job position (OR 2.4 [95% CI 1.3–4.6]; p = 0.008). Conclusion: Socioeconomic inequalities in height, smoking and overweight/obesity were highlighted within a sub-section of the working population in ROI.en
dc.description.sponsorshipHRB (Centre for Health and Diet Research Grant HRC2007/13); Irish Heart Foundation (Student bursaries)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationTracey, M. L., Fitzgerald, S., Geaney, F., Perry, I. J. and Greiner, B. (2015) ‘Socioeconomic inequalities of cardiovascular risk factors among manufacturing employees in the Republic of Ireland: a cross-sectional study’, Preventive Medicine Reports, 2, pp. 699–703. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.08.003en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.08.003
dc.identifier.endpage703en
dc.identifier.issn2211-3355
dc.identifier.journaltitlePreventive Medicine Reportsen
dc.identifier.startpage699en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3151
dc.identifier.volume2en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier Inc.en
dc.rights© 2015, the Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectCross-sectional studyen
dc.subjectSocial gradient of healthen
dc.subjectEducationen
dc.subjectJob positionen
dc.subjectOccupationen
dc.subjectCardiovascular risk factorsen
dc.titleSocioeconomic inequalities of cardiovascular risk factors among manufacturing employees in the Republic of Ireland: a cross-sectional studyen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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