INTRODUCTION: The aim of this investigation was to examine the extent to which work organization (i.e., occupational stress) is associated with subclinical @entity2998 . METHODS: For that purpose we used a cross-sectional study of four U.S. community samples conducted between 1987 and 1989. @entity1 in the study were 10,801 adults aged 45 to 64 years. Subclinical @entity2998 was assessed by measuring the @entity121 ( @entity121 ) of the carotid artery wall using B-mode ultrasound. Occupational stress was defined using six indicators: substantive complexity of work, physical demands, job insecurity, skill discretion, decision authority, and physical exertion. Information from U.S. national surveys on occupational stress indicators was linked to the study @entity1 ' occupation. RESULTS: We observed negative associations of complexity of work and skill discretion with mean @entity121 of the carotid artery wall among the four race-gender groups. In addition, physical demands was positively associated with mean @entity121 among blacks and job insecurity was positively associated with @entity121 among white @entity1 and black @entity1 . After adjustment for well-established risk factors, the magnitude of these associations was substantially reduced. CONCLUSIONS: Taken in combination with results from recent European studies, our findings suggest that work organization plays a role in the etiology of @entity731 .

Work organization and @entity731 : findings from the ARIC study. XXXX Risk in Communities.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'women', 'Participants', 'men'] @entity731 :: ('MESH:D050197', 'Disease') :: ['atherosclerosis'] @entity121 :: ('MESH:D009135', 'Disease') :: ['IMT', 'intima-media thickness'] @entity2998 :: ('MESH:D002340', 'Disease') :: ['carotid atherosclerosis']
@entity731 :: (MESH:D050197,Disease) :: ['Atherosclerosis']
