Fan-Yun Lan1, Alejandro Fernandez-Montero, Ioanna Yiannakou, Orestes Marinos-Iatrides, Jacob T Ankeny, Jeffrey Kiser, Costas A Christophi, David C Christiani, Mercedes Sotos-Prieto, Stefanos N Kales. 1. Department of Environmental Health, Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Dr Lan, Dr Christophi, Dr Christiani, Dr Sotos-Prieto, Dr Kales); Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan (Dr Lan), Department of Occupational Medicine, Clínica Universidad de Navarra (Dr Fernandez-Montero); Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra (IdiSNA) (Dr Fernandez-Montero), Pamplona, Navarra; Program in Biomedical Sciences, Boston University School of Medicine (Ms Yiannakou), Boston; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (Mr Marinos-Iatrides); OEM Fundamentals Course, Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center, Portsmouth, Virginia (Dr Ankeny); 78th Occupational Medicine Services at Robins Air Force Base, Warner Robins, Georgia (Dr Kiser); Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus (Dr Christophi); Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid (Dr Sotos-Prieto), Spain; Department of Occupational Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge (Dr Kales), Massachusetts.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Examine the association between healthy Mediterranean lifestyle practices and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among New England firefighter recruits. METHODS: A MEDI-Lifestyle score was used to measure adherence to a Mediterranean lifestyle (not smoking, increased physical activity, high adherence to Mediterranean diet, non-obese body mass index, decreased screen time, adequate nightly sleep, and napping) among the recruits. MEDI-Lifestyle scores were cross-sectionally analyzed with blood pressure, aerobic capacity, and other CVD risk factors. RESULTS: Among 92 recruits, high adherence to MEDI-Lifestyle was significantly associated with a decreased risk of prevalent hypertension (odds ratio [OR] = 0.14 [0.03-0.71]) and a greater probability of high aerobic capacity (OR = 5.80 [1.05-32.05]) as compared with low adherence in age- and sex-adjusted analyses. CONCLUSIONS: Increased adherence to MEDI-Lifestyle is associated with a better CVD risk profile in firefighter recruits.
OBJECTIVE: Examine the association between healthy Mediterranean lifestyle practices and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among New England firefighter recruits. METHODS: A MEDI-Lifestyle score was used to measure adherence to a Mediterranean lifestyle (not smoking, increased physical activity, high adherence to Mediterranean diet, non-obese body mass index, decreased screen time, adequate nightly sleep, and napping) among the recruits. MEDI-Lifestyle scores were cross-sectionally analyzed with blood pressure, aerobic capacity, and other CVD risk factors. RESULTS: Among 92 recruits, high adherence to MEDI-Lifestyle was significantly associated with a decreased risk of prevalent hypertension (odds ratio [OR] = 0.14 [0.03-0.71]) and a greater probability of high aerobic capacity (OR = 5.80 [1.05-32.05]) as compared with low adherence in age- and sex-adjusted analyses. CONCLUSIONS: Increased adherence to MEDI-Lifestyle is associated with a better CVD risk profile in firefighter recruits.
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