Impact of occupational environmental stressors on blood pressure changes and on incident cases of hypertension: a 5-year follow-up from the VISAT study

• Main Authors: Samantha Huo Yung Kai (Author), Jean-Bernard Ruidavets (Author), Camille Carles (Author), Jean-Claude Marquie (Author), Vanina Bongard (Author), Damien Leger (Author), Jean Ferrieres (Author), Yolande Esquirol (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The role of occupational stressors (OS) on blood pressure (BP) is often suspected, but asserting its impact remains uncertain. Our goal was to evaluate their impact on BP increase and on incident cases of hypertension over a 5-year period. Methods One thousand, one hundred and fi...