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Tracey ML, Fitzgerald S, Geaney F, et al. Socioeconomic inequalities of cardiovascular risk factors among manufacturing employees in the Republic of Ireland: A cross-sectional study. Prev Med Rep. 2015;2:699-703doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.08.003.
Tracey, M. L., Fitzgerald, S., Geaney, F., Perry, I. J., & Greiner, B. (2015). Socioeconomic inequalities of cardiovascular risk factors among manufacturing employees in the Republic of Ireland: A cross-sectional study. Preventive medicine reports, 2699-703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.08.003
Tracey, Marsha L, et al. "Socioeconomic inequalities of cardiovascular risk factors among manufacturing employees in the Republic of Ireland: A cross-sectional study." Preventive medicine reports vol. 2 (2015): 699-703. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.08.003
Tracey ML, Fitzgerald S, Geaney F, Perry IJ, Greiner B. Socioeconomic inequalities of cardiovascular risk factors among manufacturing employees in the Republic of Ireland: A cross-sectional study. Prev Med Rep. 2015 Aug 13;2:699-703. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.08.003. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26844139; PMCID: PMC4721305.
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Prev Med Rep. 2015 Aug 13;2:699-703. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.08.003. eCollection 2015.

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

Preventive medicine reports

Marsha L Tracey, Sarah Fitzgerald, Fiona Geaney, Ivan J Perry, Birgit Greiner

Affiliations

  1. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.

PMID: 26844139 PMCID: PMC4721305 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.08.003

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: 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 < 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.

Keywords: Cardiovascular risk factors; Cross-sectional study; Education; Job position; Occupation; Social gradient of health

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