Ainy E, Azizi F
Endocrine Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 19395-4763, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Public Health. 2007 Dec;121(12):950-3. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.12.016. Epub 2007 Jul 23.
To investigate the relationship between occupation and cardiovascular risk factors in women in Tehran.
A cross-sectional study of 566 working women and 561 age-matched housewives selected from among the 15005 Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS) participants. All cardiovascular risk factors were assessed.
The means of body mass index, waist circumference, waist to hip ratio, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, triglycerides and total cholesterol were significantly higher in housewives as compared to working women (P<0.05). Nine percent of working women and 17% of housewives had 4-6 cardiovascular risk factors; 1% of housewives had 7-8 cardiovascular risk factors.
An increase in some cardiovascular risk factors was seen in housewives as compared to working women, and the percentage of housewives with 4-6 risk factors was found to be twice that of working women.
调查德黑兰女性的职业与心血管危险因素之间的关系。
一项横断面研究，从15005名德黑兰血脂与血糖研究（TLGS）参与者中选取了566名职业女性和561名年龄匹配的家庭主妇。对所有心血管危险因素进行了评估。
与职业女性相比，家庭主妇的体重指数、腰围、腰臀比、收缩压和舒张压、甘油三酯和总胆固醇均值显著更高（P<0.05）。9%的职业女性和17%的家庭主妇有4 - 6种心血管危险因素；1%的家庭主妇有7 - 8种心血管危险因素。
与职业女性相比，家庭主妇的一些心血管危险因素有所增加，且有4 - 6种危险因素的家庭主妇比例是职业女性的两倍。
