Metabolic Syndrome in Commercial Truck Drivers: Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Comparison With the General Population. Issue 7 (July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Robbins, Riann B.; Thiese, Matthew S.; Ott, Ulrike; Wood, Eric M.; Effiong, Atim; Murtaugh, Maureen; Kapellusch, Jay; Cheng, Melissa; Hegmann, Kurt
• Is Part Of: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. Volume 62:Issue 7(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-07
• Subjects: commercial motor vehicle drivers -- cross-sectional study -- diabetes mellitus -- hemoglobin A1c -- hypertension -- metabolic syndrome -- prevalence -- truck drivers -- waist circumference; Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Periodicals; Occupational Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental health; Medicine, Industrial; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9803
• DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001863
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1076-2752

Abstract

Abstract : Introduction: Commercial motor vehicle drivers, such as truck drivers, experience unique health, lifestyle, and occupational challenges directly associated with their profession. Methods: All participants in this multistate cross-sectional study completed questionnaire measurements. Participants were categorized with metabolic syndrome (MetS) if they had at least three of the five modified criteria used in the joint scientific statement on metabolic syndrome. Results: Overall MetS prevalence was 52.4% ( n = 428) of the 817 participants. Prevalence of MetS criteria were waist circumference ( n = 634, 77.0%), low HDL cholesterol ( n = 580, 71.0%), elevated triglycerides ( n = 552, 67.6%), elevated blood pressure ( n = 175, 21.2%), and elevated hemoglobin A1c ( n = 97, 11.9%). Truck drivers were 2.7 times more likely to have MetS compared to the general working population. Conclusion: Truck drivers in the United States have a high prevalence of MetS compared to the general working population.