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The association between work stress and inflammatory biomarkers in J ordanian male workers
Author(s) -
Almadi Tawfiq,
Cathers Ian,
Hamdan Mansour Ayman M.,
Chow Chin Moi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01296.x
Subject(s) - waist , c reactive protein , anthropometry , obesity , psychology , analysis of variance , medicine , association (psychology) , endocrinology , inflammation , psychotherapist
The study aimed to establish the association of work stress, expressed as effort‐reward imbalance ( ERI ), and C ‐reactive protein ( CRP ) in 152 healthy J ordanian male employees. Self‐report work stress, anthropometric data, and blood for CRP analysis were collected. A significant correlation between ERI and CRP ( r = 0.29, p < .01), and between waist circumference with CRP ( r = 0.44, p < .01) was found. Central obesity explained most of the variance in CRP after controlling for various covariates, and ERI was not a significant predictor of CRP (Δ R 2 = 0.02; β = 0.15, p = .052). However, when only the centrally obese group was considered, ERI accounted for 5.0% of the variability in the CRP (β = 0.24, p < .05). Results of this study confirm previous findings that obesity is significantly associated with CRP , and support the notion that higher ERI amongst obese workers is one small but significant predictor of increased levels of CRP .