A Longitudinal Study of Job Strain and Ambulatory Blood Pressure
Psychosomatic MedicinePublished 1 January 1998
Peter L. Schnall, Joseph E. Schwartz, Paul Landsbergis, Katherine Warren, Thomas G. Pickering
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New evidence is provided that job strain is an occupational risk factor in the etiology of essential hypertension, and change in job strain status partially predicted change in ABP.
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The previously reported cross-sectional association between job strain and ABP was replicated at follow-up. The group repeatedly exposed to job strain had higher levels of ABP at Time 2 than either crossover group. Furthermore, change in job strain status partially predicted change in ABP. These results provide new evidence supporting the hypothesis that job strain is an occupational risk factor in the etiology of essential hypertension.
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