Psychosocial work environment and cardiovascular risk factors in an occupational cohort in France

摘要

Conclusions-These cross sectional re- sults underline the potential effects of psychosocial work characteristics on car- diovascular risk factors and the differ- ences between the effects of job stress in men and women, and confirm the direct mechanisms (through physiological vari- ables) and indirect mechanisms (through behavioural risk factors) potentially in- volved in the relation between psycho- social work characteristics and cardiovascular disease. Study objective-Concordant results have Been reported in several studies for the Effects of job stress on cardiovascular dis- Ease, but the potential mechanisms of These effects have seldom been explored.