Ageing in the working population associated with obesity and cardiovascular risk parameters

Asunción Mª Fernández Rodríguez; Juan Carlos Rueda Garrido; Rafael López Serrano; Ángel Arturo López González; Mª Teófila Vicente-Herrero

doi:10.5281/zenodo.8206783

Authors

Asunción Mª Fernández Rodríguez Especialista en Enfermería del Trabajo. Murcia. Cualtis Servicio de Prevención en SABIC. Cartagena. Spain. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7707-3107
Juan Carlos Rueda Garrido Especialista en Medicina del Trabajo. Murcia. Cualtis Servicio de Prevención en SABIC. Cartagena. Spain. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3813-3138
Rafael López Serrano Licenciado en Ciencias y Técnicas Estadísticas. Murcia. Departamento de Análisis de Datos. Grupo Cooperativo Cajamar. Spain. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0932-0716
Ángel Arturo López González Especialista en Medicina del Trabajo. Servei de Salut Palma de Mallorca. Illes Balears. Escuela Universitaria ADEMA, Spain. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7439-8117
Mª Teófila Vicente-Herrero Especialista en Medicina del Trabajo. Grupo ADEMA-SALUD del Instituto Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud-IUNICS Illes Balears, Spain. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0796-9194

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8206783

Keywords:

Aging, Cardiovascular risk, Obesity, Occupational health, Prevention

Abstract

Objective: The shift experienced in recent decades in developed countries, with an aging population, also affects the working population. This is associated with an increase in diseases such as obesity and cardiovascular risk. The objective of this study is to understand the relationship between aging in men and women with respect to obesity and cardiovascular risk in a working population.

Materials and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 389 workers in the chemical industry sector of the Autonomous Community of Murcia. The relationship between age and BMI, CUN BAE, and RCV SCORE in men and women was calculated.

Results: In both sexes, people ≥ 50 years show a higher BMI and body fat percentage than those < 50 years with p <0.001. In the female population aged ≥ 50 years, an increase in body fat percentage is observed compared to those aged < 50 years with p <0.001. CUN BAE shows higher values in individuals aged ≥ 50 years in both sexes (p <0.001), being higher in women. The RCV SCORE in both sexes is low in the studied population, with no significant differences observed by sex and age.

Conclusions: Significant differences are observed in workers aged ≥ 50 years in obesity, BMI, and CUN BAE. Therefore, in order to act in primary prevention and health promotion in obesity and RCV related to aging within companies, it is useful to include parameters such as: BMI, CUN BAE, and RCV SCORE in health surveillance protocols.

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