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SUBMITTER: Joseph NT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5067969 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Psychosomatic medicine 20161001 8
<h4>Objectives</h4>The objectives of this study were to determine whether job strain is more strongly associated with higher ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) among blue-collar workers compared with white-collar workers, to examine whether this pattern generalizes across working and nonworking days and across sex, and to examine whether this pattern is accounted for by psychosocial factors or health behaviors during daily life.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 480 healthy workers (mean age = 43 years, 53 ...[more]