High prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors in young employees of Information Technology industry

Limaye, Tejas; Kulkarni, Ravindra L; Deokar, Manisha R; Kumaran, Kalyanaraman

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“…Only 6.8% employees had no risk factors while 63.5% had clustering of risk factors, the proportions were similar in both male and female. 17 According to reports, in South East Asia, particularly in India, there is an increase in high risk population with respect to 18 As expected, young subjects with MetS exhibited higher BMI, waist circumference as well as BP measurements in comparison to the subjects without MetS. Furthermore, fasting blood glucose, serum triglyceride, LDL cholesterol and HDL cholesterol showed significant variation between MetS and non-MetS groups.…”

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Evaluation of Health Related Quality of Life and Components of Metabolic Syndrome among Young Adults

Nath¹,

Choudhuri²

2018

JCDR

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Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS), clustering of different cardiac and metabolic risk factors may affect healthrelated quality of life (HRQL). The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between components of cardio-metabolic risk and health-related quality of life in young adults. Methodology: Two hundred and sixteen (216) male and female young adults (18-25 years) were evaluated by using harmonized criteria for MetS (H_MS); HQRL was evaluated by using the SF-36 questionnaire. Results: The subjects in the MetS group reported lower scores in almost all subscales of quality of life. In the sex-specific analysis of both young male and female subjects showed significant differences in the mean scores of physical functioning (PF) and general health (GH) between subjects with and without MetS. Compared with men, women with MetS showed significantly lower values in role emotional (RE) subscale. PF correlated significantly with both systolic and diastolic blood pressure in young males with MetS whereas young females showed no significant correlation with PF. Similarly, GH significantly correlated with BMI and TG level in male subjects but females showed no significant correlation. Conclusion: Presence of risk factors for metabolic syndrome at the young age have a minimal effect on quality of life during the period.

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Evaluation of Health Related Quality of Life and Components of Metabolic Syndrome among Young Adults

Nath¹,

Choudhuri²

2018

JCDR

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“…With over 4.14 million people being employed and 0.45 million new job opportunities being created each financial year, IT-BPO is India's largest private employment sector [2,3]. This sector has not only brought in a new work culture but has also given rise to rapid changes in lifestyles, primarily making it more sedentary and associated with an increased risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and NCDs [4][5][6][7]. Occupational 'burnout' is a complex phenomenon in which the body reacts to long-term job-related stress through physical, mental and defensive coping [8] and chronic low-grade systemic inflammation caused by work stress predisposes employees to the initiation and progress of CVD and MetS [9][10][11].…”

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Diets, Lifestyles and Metabolic Risk Factors among Corporate Information Technology (IT) Employees in South India

Banerjee,

Reddy,

Panda

et al. 2023

Nutrients

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(1) Information Technology (IT) Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), the largest employment sector of India, contributes to rapid economic growth. However, the work of IT employees is sedentary, and the food environments of their worksites expose them to an obesogenic environment. This study aimed to assess their metabolic and lifestyle risk factors. (2) Methods: To examine the health and nutrition status of IT employees, anthropometric, biochemical and clinical assessments were conducted among 183 employees from three IT organizations of varied operational sizes. Their health-, diet- and physical activity-related practices were assessed using a questionnaire. The prevalence of MetS was assessed. Selected biomarker levels were assessed and associated with their self-perceived stress levels. (3) Results: The median age of the employees was 30 years (26–35 years). While 44.02% of employees were overweight, 16.85% of employees were obese. About 3.89% of employees were found to be diabetic, and HDL-C levels were lower than recommended in 64.93% of employees. In all, 29.87% of the study population were considered to have metabolic syndrome since they had metabolic risk scores ≥ 3. Those with metabolic syndrome were significantly older (p = 0.000), and levels of MDA (p = 0.003), homocysteine (p = 0.001), IL-6 (p = 0.017) and IL-4 (p = 0.000) were significantly higher among them. Although the prevalence of MetS was significantly lower among those aged >30 years, the lifestyle risk factors were significantly higher among them. (4) Conclusions: The assessed parameters indicate a high risk of developing NCDs among employees in the IT industry in India. This shows the need for the modification of lifestyle and workplace food and physical activity environments.

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“…Os fatores de risco cardiometabólicos normalmente são assintomáticos, e identificá-los precocemente permite que medidas e ações de prevenção possam ser estabelecidas 11. Além disso, os diferentes cenários ocupacionais e formas de gestão produtiva têm incorporado mudanças no cotidiano dos trabalhadores 12.…”

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Fatores Associados à Ocorrência de Hipertensão Arterial em Trabalhadores da Indústria do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Xavier¹,

Garcez²,

Cibeira

et al. 2021

Arquivos Brasileiros De Cardiologia

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Fundamento: A hipertensão é um importante e persistente problema de saúde pública, sendo uma das principais causas de doenças cardiovasculares e mortalidade geral.Objetivos: Este estudo buscou verificar a prevalência e os fatores associados à hipertensão arterial sistêmica em trabalhadores da indústria do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal com dados secundários de 20.792 industriários de 18 a 59 anos de idade. A presença de hipertensão arterial foi determinada a partir da pressão arterial sistólica ≥140mmHg e/ou pressão arterial diastólica ≥90mmHg, ou estar fazendo uso de medicação anti-hipertensiva. Os fatores investigados incluíram características demográficas, socioeconômicas, comportamentais, de estado nutricional e de história familiar. Regressão de Poisson foi utilizada na análise multivariável, adotando-se um p<0,05 como nível de significância. Todas as análises foram estratificadas por sexo.Resultados: A amostra incluiu 12.349 homens e 8.443 mulheres com média de idade geral de 32,8 anos (Desvio-padrão=9,8 anos). A prevalência de hipertensão foi de 10,3% (IC95%:9,8-10,7), sendo esta significativamente maior entre os homens do que entre as mulheres (10,9% vs 9,4%;p=0,001). A hipertensão mostrou-se associada à elevação da faixa etária, baixa escolaridade, viver com companheiro, ter sobrepeso ou obesidade, e ter pelo menos um parente com história de hipertensão para ambos os sexos. As mulheres com melhores condições socioeconômicas apresentaram menores prevalências de hipertensão. Conclusões: Os principais fatores associados à hipertensão arterial compreenderam características sociodemográficas, nutricionais e de história familiar. Ademais, as condições socioeconômicas demonstraram uma associação com a ocorrência de hipertensão, principalmente entre as mulheres.

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High prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors in young employees of Information Technology industry

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Evaluation of Health Related Quality of Life and Components of Metabolic Syndrome among Young Adults

Evaluation of Health Related Quality of Life and Components of Metabolic Syndrome among Young Adults

Diets, Lifestyles and Metabolic Risk Factors among Corporate Information Technology (IT) Employees in South India

Fatores Associados à Ocorrência de Hipertensão Arterial em Trabalhadores da Indústria do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

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