Cardiovascular risk and diseases

Most research on the association between ERI at work and health was done on cardiovascular diseases. Selected studies and reviews are:

Aboa-Éboulé, C., Brisson, C., Maunsell, E., Bourbonnais, R., Vézina, M., Milot, A. and Dagenais, G. R. (2011). Effort-Reward Imbalance at Work and Recurrent Coronary Heart Disease Events: A 4-Year Prospective Study of Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients. Psychosomatic Medicine, 73 (6), 436-447, doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318222b2d8,  URL www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/content/73/6/436.abstract.

Almadi T, Cathers I, Chow CM (2013) Associations among work-related stress, cortisol, inflammation, and metabolic syndrome. Psychophysiology 50: 821-830

Bosma, H., Peter, R., Siegrist, J. and Marmot, M. (1998). Two alternative job stress models and the risk of coronary heart disease. American Journal of Public Health, 88, 68-74.

Chandola, T., Siegrist, J. and Marmot, M. (2005). Do changes in effort-reward imbalance at work contribute to an explanation of the social gradient in angina? Occup Environ Med, 62 (4), 223-230, doi: 10.1136/oem.2004.016675.

Gilbert- Ouimet M, Trudel X, Brisson C et al (2013) Adverse effects of psychosocial work factors on blood pressure: systematic reviews of stuidies on demand-control-support and effort-reward imbalance models. Scand J Work Environ Healthh. DOI 10.5271/sjweh.3390

Gilbert-Ouimet M, Brisson C, Vézina M et al. (20012) Repeated exposure to effort-reward imbalance, increased blood pressure, and hypertension incidence among white-collar workers. J Psychsom Res 72: 26-32

Gilbert-Ouimet M, Brisson C, Vezina M, Milot A, Blanchette C: Repeated exposure to effort-reward imbalance, increased blood pressure, and hypertension incidence among white-collar workers. J Psychosom Res 2012, 72:26-32.Hintsanen, M., Elovainio, M., Puttonen, S., Kivimäki, M., Koskinen, T., Raitakari, O. and Keltikangas-Järvinen, L. (2007). Effort-reward imbalance, heart rate, and heart rate variability: the cardiovascular risk in young finns study. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 14, 202-212, doi: 10.1007/BF03002994

Kivimäki, M., Leino, P., Luukkonen, R., Riihimäki, H., Vahtera, J. and Kirjonen, J. (2002). Work stress and risk of cardiovascular mortality: prospective cohort study of industrial employees. BMJ, 325, 857-862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.857  

Kivimäki, M., Virtanen, M., Elovainio, M., Kouvonen, A., Väänänen, A. and Vahtera, J. (2006). Work stress in the etiology of coronary heart disease - a meta-analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health, 32 (6), 431-442, doi: 10.5271/sjweh.1049  

Kumari, M., Head, J. and Marmot, M. (2004). Prospective study of social and other risk factors for incidence of type 2 diabetes in the Whitehall II study. Archives of Internal Medicine, 164, 1873-1880.

Kuper, H., Singh-Manoux, A., Siegrist, J. and Marmot, M. (2002). When reciprocity fails: effort-reward imbalance in relation to coronary heart disease and health functioning within the Whitehall II study. Occupational Environmental Medicine, 59, 777-784.

Li J, Jarczok MN, Loerbroks A, Schöllgen I, Siegrist J, Bosch JA, Wilson MG, Mauss D, Fischer JE (2013).Work stress is associated with diabetes aqnd pre-diabetes: Cross-sectional results from the MIPH Industrial Cohort Study. Int J Behav Med 20: 495-503

Li J, Zhang M, Loerbroks A, Angerer P, Siegrist J (2014) Work stress and the risk of recurrent coronary heart disease events: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Occup Med Environ Health Nov 8. [Epub ahead of print]

Maina, G., Bovenzi, M., Palmas, A., Prodi, A. and Filon, F. (2011). Job strain, effort-reward imbalance and ambulatory blood pressure: results of a cross-sectional study in call handler operators. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 84, 383-391, URL dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00420-010-0576-5, 10.1007/s00420-010-0576-5  .Maina, G., Bovenzi, M., Palmas, A., Prodi, A. and Filon, F. (2011b). Job strain, effort-reward imbalance and ambulatory blood pressure: results of a cross-sectional study in call handler operators. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 84, 383-391, URL dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00420-010-0576-5, 10.1007/s00420-010-0576-5  

Peter, R., Hammarström, A., Hallqvist, J., Siegrist, J. and Theorell, T. (2006). Does occupational gender segregation influence the association of effort-reward imbalance with myocardial infarction in the SHEEP study? International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 13 (1), 34-43, doi: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1301_5  

Smith, L., Roman, A., Dollard, M., Winefield, A. and Siegrist, J. (2005). Effort-reward imbalance at work: The effects of work stress on anger and cardiovascular disease symptoms in a community sample. Stress and Health, 21 (2), 113-128, doi: 10.1002/smi.1045  .

Utsugi, M., Saijo, Y., Yoshioka, E., Sato, T., Horikawa, N., Gong, Y. and Kishi, R. (2009). Relationship between two alternative occupational stress models and arterial stiffness: a cross-sectional study among Japanese workers. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 82, 175-183, doi: 10.1007/s00420-008-0319-z  

Wege, N., Dragano, N., Moebus, S., Stang, A., Erbel, R., Jöckel, K. and Siegrist, J. (2008). When does work stress hurt? Testing the interaction with socioeconomic status in the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62, 338-341

Xu  W, Hang J, Guo L et al (2012) Plasma fibrinogen: a possible link between job stress and cardiovascular disease among Chinese workers. Am J Ind Med 55: 167-175

Xu, W., Hang, J., Cao, T., Shi, R., Zeng, W., Deng, Y., Gao, W., Zhao, Y. and Guo, L. (2010). Job Stress and Carotid Intima-media Thickness in Chinese Workers. Journal of Occupational Health, 52 (5), 257-262.

Xu, W., Hang, J., Guo, L., Zhao, Y., Li, Z. and Gao, W. (2012). Plasma fibrinogen: A possible link between job stress and cardiovascular disease among Chinese workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 55 (2), 167-175, doi: 10.1002/ajim.21017,  URL dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.21017.

Xu, W., Zhao, Y., Guo, L., Guo, Y. and Gao, W. (2009). Job Stress and Coronary Heart Disease: A Case-control Study using a Chinese Population. Journal of Occupational Health, 51 (2), 107-113.