Milwaukee police department retirees: cardiovascular disease risk and morbidity among aging law enforcement officers

Sandra L. Ramey; Nancy R Downing; W. D. Franke

doi:10.3928/08910162-20091019-02

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Milwaukee police department retirees: cardiovascular disease risk and morbidity among aging law enforcement officers

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Milwaukee police department retirees: cardiovascular disease risk and morbidity among aging law enforcement officers

Sandra L. Ramey, Nancy R Downing and W. D. Franke

AAOHN journal, Vol.57(11), pp.448-453

11/01/2009

DOI: 10.3928/08910162-20091019-02

PMID: 19873941

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Abstract

This study explored the self-reported prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and accompanying risk factors among 165 male retirees 43 years and older (M = 56.2, SD = 7.1) from the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) compared to 671 individuals of similar age and income who responded to the 2005 Wisconsin Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). CVD and other risk factors were more prevalent in the MPD retirees than the general population (CVD 15.2% vs. 9.5%, p = .036; hypertension 51.5% vs. 36.2%, p = .001; hypercholesterolemia 62.4% vs. 44.4%, p = .001; overweight and obesity 85.1% vs. 74.7%, p = .005). In addition, other factors associated with CVD prevalence included working in law enforcement (odds ratio = 1.70; 95% confidence interval = 1.03 to 2.79). Results suggest an association between employment in law enforcement and an increase in CVD morbidity.

Aging

Nursing

Adult

Aged

80 and over

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Cardiovascular Diseases/epidemiology/etiology

Case-Control Studies

Cross-Sectional Studies

Diabetes Complications/epidemiology

Employment/statistics & numerical data

Humans

Hypercholesterolemia/epidemiology

Hypertension/epidemiology

Logistic Models

Male

Middle Aged

Morbidity

Overweight/epidemiology

Police/statistics & numerical data

Prevalence

Retirement/statistics & numerical data

Risk Assessment

Risk Factors

Urban Health/statistics & numerical data

Wisconsin/epidemiology

Details

Title: Subtitle: Milwaukee police department retirees: cardiovascular disease risk and morbidity among aging law enforcement officers
Creators: Sandra L. Ramey - University of Iowa
Nancy R Downing - University of Iowa
W. D. Franke
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: AAOHN journal, Vol.57(11), pp.448-453
DOI: 10.3928/08910162-20091019-02
PMID: 19873941
NLM abbreviation: Aaohn J
ISSN: 0891-0162
Language: English
Date published: 11/01/2009
Academic Unit: Nursing
Record Identifier: 9983557790102771

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