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<p><b>OBJECTIVE: </b>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.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>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.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>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.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>Our findings suggest that solvent exposure may be an important occupational risk factor for high blood pressure among Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.</p> |
| Year of Publication |
2017
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| Journal |
J Occup Environ Med
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| Volume |
59
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| Issue |
11
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| Number of Pages |
1047-1055
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| Date Published |
2017 Nov
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| ISSN Number |
1536-5948
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| DOI |
10.1097/JOM.0000000000001115
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| Alternate Journal |
J Occup Environ Med
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| PMID |
29112602
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