Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Clin Chim Acta. 2011 Mar 18;412(7-8):569-73. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.12.001. Epub 2010 Dec 7.
Individuals working in information technology (IT) industries suffer from high work stress, possibly causing adverse impacts on their health. However, studies of cardiovascular risk factors among these workers are lacking. The aims of this study were to evaluate the estimated risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) and prevalence of dyslipidemia among IT workers.
A total of 941 employees from 11 IT companies were enrolled and the anthropometrics and serum lipid profiles were measured. The 10-year risk for CHD was calculated based on the Framingham risk score.
Compared with lipid profiles in a representative sample (n=6589), IT workers had a significantly higher prevalence of obesity, hypercholesterolemia, low level of HDL-C, and high level of LDL-C in each age group. Their overall estimated 10-year risk for CHD was higher than the average risk of an age- and gender-matched population (2.91% vs. 2.79%, p=0.027). Working for more than 10h/day was associated with a higher estimated CHD risk (3.62% vs. 2.54%, p<0.01).
A higher prevalence of hyperlipidemia was noted among IT workers. Their estimated 10-year CHD risk was also higher than average. More aggressive interventions to reduce the risk of CHD in this population are needed.
信息技术（IT）行业的从业者工作压力大，可能对其健康产生不良影响。然而，针对这些从业者心血管风险因素的研究还很缺乏。本研究旨在评估 IT 从业者冠心病（CHD）的估计风险和血脂异常的患病率。
共纳入 11 家 IT 公司的 941 名员工，测量其人体测量学和血清脂质谱。根据弗雷明汉风险评分计算 CHD 的 10 年风险。
与代表性样本（n=6589）的血脂谱相比，各年龄段 IT 从业者的肥胖、高胆固醇血症、低 HDL-C 血症和高 LDL-C 血症的患病率显著更高。他们的总体 CHD 估计 10 年风险高于年龄和性别匹配人群的平均风险（2.91%比 2.79%，p=0.027）。每天工作超过 10 小时与更高的 CHD 估计风险相关（3.62%比 2.54%，p<0.01）。
IT 从业者血脂异常的患病率更高。他们的 CHD 估计 10 年风险也高于平均水平。需要对该人群采取更积极的干预措施来降低 CHD 风险。
