DIASTOLIC BLOOD-PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIAT ION WITH CUMULATIVE WORKINGTIME AMONG URBAN BUS WORKERS

Authors
CORDEIRO R LIMA EC FISCHER FM MOREIRA DC
Citation
R. Cordeiro et al., DIASTOLIC BLOOD-PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIAT ION WITH CUMULATIVE WORKINGTIME AMONG URBAN BUS WORKERS, Revista de Saude Publica, 27(5), 1993, pp. 363-372
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Revista de Saude Publica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00348910
Volume
27
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
363 - 372
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-8910(1993)27:5<363:DBAIAI>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The relationship between diastolic blood pressure and the variables '' total cumulative working time'' and ''age'' was examined by regression analysis. The study was carried out among 839 bus drivers and conduct ors, users of an occupational health center in Campinas, S. Paulo Stat e, Brazil. The main results were a positive association between diasto lic blood pressure and cumulative working time, as well as an interact ion between this variable and the bus worker's age.