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. 2017 Nov;59(11):1047-1055.
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001115.

Occupational Exposures and Metabolic Syndrome Among Hispanics/Latinos: Cross-Sectional Results From the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)

Catherine M Bulka  1 , Martha L Daviglus, Victoria W Persky, Ramon A Durazo-Arvizu, M Larissa Avilés-Santa, Linda C Gallo, H Dean Hosgood 3rd, Richard H Singer, Gregory A Talavera, Bharat Thyagarajan, Donglin Zeng, Maria Argos
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Occupational Exposures and Metabolic Syndrome Among Hispanics/Latinos: Cross-Sectional Results From the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)

Catherine M Bulka et al. J Occup Environ Med. 2017 Nov.

Abstract

Objective: We assessed the cross-sectional relationships of self-reported current occupational exposures to solvents, metals, and pesticides with metabolic syndrome and its components among 7127 participants in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.

Methods: Metabolic syndrome was defined as a clustering of abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high blood pressure, and/or high fasting glucose. Regression models that incorporated inverse probability of exposure weighting were used to estimate prevalence ratios.

Results: Solvent exposure was associated with a 32% higher prevalence of high blood pressure (95% confidence interval: 1.09 to 1.60) than participants not reporting exposure. No associations were observed for occupational exposures with abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein, or metabolic syndrome.

Conclusion: Our findings suggest that solvent exposure may be an important occupational risk factor for high blood pressure among Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest.

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Inclusion/exclusion criteria flow diagram.
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Standardized differences of covariates using sample weights.
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Standardized differences of covariates using analytic weights.
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