dc.contributor.author | Kales, Stefanos Nicholas | |
dc.contributor.author | Soteriades, Elpidoforos S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Christoudias, Stavros G | |
dc.contributor.author | Christiani, David C. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-01-21T01:30:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kales, Stefanos N, Elpidoforos S Soteriades, Stavros G Christoudias, and David C Christiani. 2003. Firefighters and on-duty deaths from coronary heart disease: a case control study. Environmental Health 2: 14. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1476-069X | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8000902 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is responsible for 45% of on-duty deaths among United States firefighters. We sought to identify occupational and personal risk factors associated with on-duty CHD death. Methods: We performed a case-control study, selecting 52 male firefighters whose CHD deaths were investigated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. We selected two control populations: 51 male firefighters who died of on-duty trauma; and 310 male firefighters examined in 1996/1997, whose vital status and continued professional activity were re-documented in 1998. Results: The circadian pattern of CHD deaths was associated with emergency response calls: 77% of CHD deaths and 61% of emergency dispatches occurred between noon and midnight. Compared to non-emergency duties, fire suppression (OR = 64.1, 95% CI 7.4–556); training (OR = 7.6, 95% CI 1.8–31.3) and alarm response (OR = 5.6, 95% CI 1.1–28.8) carried significantly higher relative risks of CHD death. 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). Conclusions: Our findings strongly support that most on-duty CHD fatalities are work-precipitated and occur in firefighters with underlying CHD. Improved fitness promotion, medical screening and medical management could prevent many of these premature deaths. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | doi://10.1186/1476-069X-2-14 | en_US |
dc.relation.hasversion | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC293431/pdf/ | en_US |
dash.license | LAA | |
dc.title | Firefighters and On-duty Deaths From Coronary Heart Disease: A Case Control Study | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
dc.description.version | Version of Record | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Environmental Health | en_US |
dash.depositing.author | Kales, Stefanos Nicholas | |
dc.date.available | 2012-01-21T01:30:07Z | |
dash.affiliation.other | HMS^Medicine-Massachusetts General Hospital | en_US |
dash.affiliation.other | SPH^Environmental+Occupational Medicine+Epi | en_US |
dash.affiliation.other | SPH^Environmental+Occupational Medicine+Epi | en_US |
dash.affiliation.other | HMS^Medicine-Massachusetts General Hospital | en_US |
dash.affiliation.other | SPH^Environmental+Occupational Medicine+Epi | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1476-069X-2-14 | * |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Soteriades, Elpidoforos | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Kales, Stefanos | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Christiani, David | |