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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
Journal
J Occup Environ Med
Volume
59
Issue
11
Number of Pages
1047-1055
Date Published
2017 Nov
ISSN Number
1536-5948
DOI
10.1097/JOM.0000000000001115
Alternate Journal
J Occup Environ Med
PMID
29112602
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