TY - JOUR
T1 - Obesity indices are predictive of elevated C-reactive protein in long-haul truck drivers
AU - Wideman, Laurie
AU - Oberlin, Douglas J.
AU - Sönmez, Sevil
AU - Labban, Jeffrey
AU - Lemke, Michael Kenneth
AU - Apostolopoulos, Yorghos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: Obesity rates in long-haul truck drivers have been shown to be significantly higher than the general population. We hypothesized that commercial drivers with the highest levels of general obesity and abdominal adiposity would have higher concentrations of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation.METHODS: Survey and anthropometric data were collected from 262 commercial drivers. Weight, circumference measures, and blood analysis for CRP (N = 115) were conducted and compared to National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data. CRP values were non-normally distributed and logarithmically transformed for statistical analyses.RESULTS: BMI, waist circumference, sagittal abdominal diameter, and CRP were significantly higher than in the general population. Anthropometric indices that included height (BMI, waist-to-height ratio, and sagittal diameter-to-height ratio), were most predictive of CRP values.CONCLUSIONS: Abdominal obesity is prevalent in commercial vehicle drivers and is an important indicator of the presence of inflammation in this population. Am. J. Ind. Med. 59:665-675, 2016.
AB - BACKGROUND: Obesity rates in long-haul truck drivers have been shown to be significantly higher than the general population. We hypothesized that commercial drivers with the highest levels of general obesity and abdominal adiposity would have higher concentrations of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation.METHODS: Survey and anthropometric data were collected from 262 commercial drivers. Weight, circumference measures, and blood analysis for CRP (N = 115) were conducted and compared to National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data. CRP values were non-normally distributed and logarithmically transformed for statistical analyses.RESULTS: BMI, waist circumference, sagittal abdominal diameter, and CRP were significantly higher than in the general population. Anthropometric indices that included height (BMI, waist-to-height ratio, and sagittal diameter-to-height ratio), were most predictive of CRP values.CONCLUSIONS: Abdominal obesity is prevalent in commercial vehicle drivers and is an important indicator of the presence of inflammation in this population. Am. J. Ind. Med. 59:665-675, 2016.
KW - abdominal obesity
KW - cardiovascular disease
KW - commercial vehicle drivers
KW - high sensitivity C-reactive protein
KW - inflammation
KW - obesity
KW - sagittal diameter
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U2 - 10.1002/ajim.22584
DO - 10.1002/ajim.22584
M3 - Article
C2 - 27400443
AN - SCOPUS:84978035411
SN - 0271-3586
VL - 59
SP - 665
EP - 675
JO - American Journal of Industrial Medicine
JF - American Journal of Industrial Medicine
IS - 8
ER -