Occupational exposures and coronary heart disease in the Hamburg City Health Study (HCHS) – a cross-sectional study
This study is the first to assess the association of a wide range of occupations and occupational exposures with CHD in a German study population. We found no association between occupational exposures and CHD after adjustment, but 11 occupations associated with CHD were identified. The results are limited by cross-sectional design, healthy worker effect (HWE), and small group sizes. Further studies with a larger sample and longitudinal design containing data on occupational history, occupational exposures and time of CHD diagnosis are needed.
Authors
- Hanno Hoven (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5416-0179)
- Betül Toprak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5233-0680)
- Raphael Twerenbold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3814-6542)
- Lukas Damerau
- Sarah Affolderbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7118-1053)
- Volker Harth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4308-223X)
- Hajo Zeeb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7509-242X)
- Birgit‐Christiane Zyriax (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5377-5956)
- Robert Herold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0828-8745)
- Franziska Labe
- Peter Koch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2865-9483)
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University of Bremen (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS (DE)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-01-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-21259-1
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf