Why working hard might be bad for your heart
Occupational Physical Activity and Mortality Risk: Evidence From a Nationally Representative US Sample (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2006).
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Even if you exercise in your free time, having a job that requires lots of physical labor might still raise your risk of dying from heart problems.
No biological mechanisms were identified in this study. This may be an epidemiological, observational, or survey-based study that reports associations rather than proposing causal biological pathways.
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Groups of people are followed over time to see who develops an outcome. Strong for identifying risk factors and associations, but cannot prove causation as firmly as RCTs.
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Even if you exercise in your free time, having a job that requires lots of physical labor might still raise your risk of dying from heart problems.
No biological mechanisms were identified in this study. This may be an epidemiological, observational, or survey-based study that reports associations rather than proposing causal biological pathways.
Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses
Max 100Randomized Controlled Trials
Max 90Cohort Studies
Max 72Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional Studies
Max 44Case Reports & Case Series
Max 30Expert Opinion & Narrative Reviews
Max 547 / 72
Evidence Score
Groups of people are followed over time to see who develops an outcome. Strong for identifying risk factors and associations, but cannot prove causation as firmly as RCTs.
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People who do physically demanding jobs, like construction or farming, may be more likely to die sooner than people with less physically demanding jobs — especially if they’re younger or women.
People with very physically demanding jobs, like lifting heavy things all day, are more likely to die from heart problems than people with less active jobs — even if they exercise in their free time.
If you’ve never smoked but have a very physically demanding job, your risk of dying from heart disease is more than three times higher than someone with a less active job — even if you’re otherwise healthy.
Even if you exercise regularly in your free time, having a very physically demanding job can still make your risk of dying from heart disease more than six times higher than someone with a less active job.
Even if you work out at the gym or go for runs after work, having a job that requires heavy physical labor might still be bad for your health — which is the opposite of what most people expect.