The Epidemiological Boehringer Ingelheim Employee Study—Part I : Impact of Overweight and Obesity on Cardiometabolic Risk
Joint Authors
Haastert, Burkhard
Dugi, Klaus
Schneider, Michael
Wolfram von Wolmar, Carolin
Döhring, Carmen
Kempf, Kerstin
Martin, Stephan
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-08-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
Obesity-dependent diseases cause economic burden to companies.
Large-scale data for working populations are lacking.
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) Employee cohort and the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and cardiometabolic risk factors and diseases were estimated.
Design and Methods.
Employees (≥38 years, employed in Ingelheim ≥2 years; n=3151) of BI Pharma GmbH & Co.
KG were invited by the medical corporate department to participate in intensive health checkups.
Cross-sectional analysis of baseline data collected through 2006–2011 was performed.
Results.
90% of eligible subjects participated (n=2849).
Prevalences of overweight and obesity were 40% and 18% and significantly higher in men and participants ≥50 years.
Cardiometabolic risk factor levels and prevalences of cardiometabolic diseases significantly increased with BMI and were higher in overweight and obese participants.
Cut-points for increased risk estimated from ROC curves were ≈25 kg/m2 for hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, arteriosclerosis, and hypertriglyceridemia and 26.7–28.0 kg/m2 for the metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, increased intima media thickness, and type 2 diabetes.
Conclusion.
This is the first large-scale occupational health care cohort from a single company.
Cardiometabolic risk factors and diseases accumulate with increasing BMI.
Occupational weight reduction programs seem to be reasonable strategies.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kempf, Kerstin& Martin, Stephan& Döhring, Carmen& Dugi, Klaus& Wolfram von Wolmar, Carolin& Haastert, Burkhard…[et al.]. 2013. The Epidemiological Boehringer Ingelheim Employee Study—Part I : Impact of Overweight and Obesity on Cardiometabolic Risk. Journal of Obesity،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kempf, Kerstin…[et al.]. The Epidemiological Boehringer Ingelheim Employee Study—Part I : Impact of Overweight and Obesity on Cardiometabolic Risk. Journal of Obesity No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Kempf, Kerstin& Martin, Stephan& Döhring, Carmen& Dugi, Klaus& Wolfram von Wolmar, Carolin& Haastert, Burkhard…[et al.]. The Epidemiological Boehringer Ingelheim Employee Study—Part I : Impact of Overweight and Obesity on Cardiometabolic Risk. Journal of Obesity. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-10.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-450533