March 15, 2016
Working Longer Hours Can Increase Risk of Heart Attacks
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New research finds that employees who work 46 hours or more per week over a period of 10 years have a greater risk of experiencing some type of cardiovascular disease (CVD) event than those working 45 hours or less.
Sadie H. Conway, Ph.D., of the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, and her colleagues analyzed the relationship between work hours and CVD using data on more than 1,900 participants from a long-term follow-up study of work and health. All participants had been employed for at least 10 years. During the study, a physician-diagnosed CVD event – angina, coronary heart disease or heart failure, heart attack, high blood pressure, or stroke – occurred in about 43 percent of participants.
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