Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated with a Reduced Cardiovascular Risk in Occupational Groups with Different Working Conditions: A Cross-Sectional Study among Police Officers and Office Workers
Several studies reported a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among police officers and office workers, and adequate cardiorespiratory fitness was reported to have protective effects in reducing cardiovascular risk. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the effects of cardioresp...
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doaj-17341de6e61849b3bf6f72ebad03d09f2021-05-31T23:31:14ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832021-05-01102025202510.3390/jcm10092025Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated with a Reduced Cardiovascular Risk in Occupational Groups with Different Working Conditions: A Cross-Sectional Study among Police Officers and Office WorkersMarkus Strauss0Peter Foshag1Anna Brzęk2Richard Vollenberg3Ulrich Jehn4Henning Littwitz5Roman Leischik6Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, University Witten/Herdecke, 58095 Hagen, GermanyDepartment of Cardiology, Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, University Witten/Herdecke, 58095 Hagen, GermanyDepartment of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, Medical University of Silesia, 40000 Katowice, PolandDepartment of Medicine B, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Muenster, 48149 Muenster, GermanyDepartment of Medicine D, Division of General Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Rheumatology, University Hospital of Muenster, 48149 Muenster, GermanyDepartment of Cardiology, Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, University Witten/Herdecke, 58095 Hagen, GermanyDepartment of Cardiology, Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, University Witten/Herdecke, 58095 Hagen, GermanySeveral studies reported a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among police officers and office workers, and adequate cardiorespiratory fitness was reported to have protective effects in reducing cardiovascular risk. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the effects of cardiorespiratory fitness on reducing cardiovascular risk factors in these occupational groups. This cross-sectional study enrolled 101 male participants (55 police officers and 46 office workers). Cardiorespiratory fitness was assessed via spiroergometry. Cardiovascular risk factors were also examined, and the 10-year cardiovascular risk and heart/vascular age were reported using the Framingham risk score. In both groups, higher cardiorespiratory fitness was associated with lower cardiovascular risk factors. Police officers and office workers with higher cardiorespiratory fitness demonstrated significantly lower values in BMI, waist circumference, body fat percentage, diastolic resting blood pressure, heart rate, triglycerides and total cholesterol values, and 10-year cardiovascular risk and heart/vascular age (all factors <i>p</i> < 0.0077, age adjusted). Police officers and office workers mostly presented low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness: 60% of police officers and 58% of office workers were considered “not fit and obese”. Despite different working conditions, both occupational groups had a high rate of low cardiorespiratory fitness levels and showed no differences in their cardiovascular risk profiles. In both groups, cardiorespiratory fitness reduced cardiovascular risk factors, but there was no difference in the influence of cardiorespiratory fitness on cardiovascular risk factors.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/9/2025police officeroffice workercardiovascular preventioncardiorespiratory fitnessrisk profilecardiovascular risk factors |
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Markus Strauss Peter Foshag Anna Brzęk Richard Vollenberg Ulrich Jehn Henning Littwitz Roman Leischik Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated with a Reduced Cardiovascular Risk in Occupational Groups with Different Working Conditions: A Cross-Sectional Study among Police Officers and Office Workers Journal of Clinical Medicine police officer office worker cardiovascular prevention cardiorespiratory fitness risk profile cardiovascular risk factors |
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Markus Strauss Peter Foshag Anna Brzęk Richard Vollenberg Ulrich Jehn Henning Littwitz Roman Leischik |
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated with a Reduced Cardiovascular Risk in Occupational Groups with Different Working Conditions: A Cross-Sectional Study among Police Officers and Office Workers |
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated with a Reduced Cardiovascular Risk in Occupational Groups with Different Working Conditions: A Cross-Sectional Study among Police Officers and Office Workers |
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated with a Reduced Cardiovascular Risk in Occupational Groups with Different Working Conditions: A Cross-Sectional Study among Police Officers and Office Workers |
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated with a Reduced Cardiovascular Risk in Occupational Groups with Different Working Conditions: A Cross-Sectional Study among Police Officers and Office Workers |
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated with a Reduced Cardiovascular Risk in Occupational Groups with Different Working Conditions: A Cross-Sectional Study among Police Officers and Office Workers |
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cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with a reduced cardiovascular risk in occupational groups with different working conditions: a cross-sectional study among police officers and office workers |
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Several studies reported a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among police officers and office workers, and adequate cardiorespiratory fitness was reported to have protective effects in reducing cardiovascular risk. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the effects of cardiorespiratory fitness on reducing cardiovascular risk factors in these occupational groups. This cross-sectional study enrolled 101 male participants (55 police officers and 46 office workers). Cardiorespiratory fitness was assessed via spiroergometry. Cardiovascular risk factors were also examined, and the 10-year cardiovascular risk and heart/vascular age were reported using the Framingham risk score. In both groups, higher cardiorespiratory fitness was associated with lower cardiovascular risk factors. Police officers and office workers with higher cardiorespiratory fitness demonstrated significantly lower values in BMI, waist circumference, body fat percentage, diastolic resting blood pressure, heart rate, triglycerides and total cholesterol values, and 10-year cardiovascular risk and heart/vascular age (all factors <i>p</i> < 0.0077, age adjusted). Police officers and office workers mostly presented low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness: 60% of police officers and 58% of office workers were considered “not fit and obese”. Despite different working conditions, both occupational groups had a high rate of low cardiorespiratory fitness levels and showed no differences in their cardiovascular risk profiles. In both groups, cardiorespiratory fitness reduced cardiovascular risk factors, but there was no difference in the influence of cardiorespiratory fitness on cardiovascular risk factors. |
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police officer office worker cardiovascular prevention cardiorespiratory fitness risk profile cardiovascular risk factors |
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