Research
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Traditional cardiovascular risk factors (age ≥ 45, current smoking, hypertension, prior arterial-occlusive disease) are strong independent predictors of on-duty CHD death in firefighters.
Regular medical screening is essential for high-stress jobs. Traditional risk factors like smoking, hypertension, and age are powerful predictors of cardiac events. Proactively managing these through lifestyle changes and medical treatment can prevent sudden cardiac death, especially when combined with strenuous physical demands.
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Compared to the active firefighters, the CHD victims had a significantly higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in multivariate regression models: age ≥ 45 years (OR 6.5, 95% CI 2.6–15.9), current smoking (OR 7.0, 95% CI 2.8–17.4), hypertension (OR 4.7, 95% CI 2.0–11.1), and a prior diagnosis of arterial-occlusive disease (OR 15.6, 95% CI 3.5–68.6).
Why this rating
Multivariate-adjusted odds ratios from a case-control study.
Source
Firefighters and on-duty deaths from coronary heart disease: a case control study
Stefanos N. Kales et al. · Environmental Health · 2003
DOI 10.1186/1476-069x-2-14
case_control · n=413Cited 265×
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