Obesity Indices Are Predictive Of Elevated C-Reactive Protein In Long-Haul Truck Drivers

Creator

Laurie Wideman, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Douglas J. Oberlin, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Sevil Sönmez, University of Central Florida
Jeffrey Labban, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Michael Kenneth Lemke, Texas A&M University

Keywords

abdominal obesity; cardiovascular disease; commercial vehicle drivers; high sensitivity C-reactive protein; inflammation; obesity; sagittal diameter

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Obesity rates in long-haul truck drivers have been shown to be significantly higher than the general population. We hypothesized that commercial drivers with the highest levels of general obesity and abdominal adiposity would have higher concentrations of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation.

Publication Date

8-1-2016

Publication Title

American journal of industrial medicine

Volume

59

Issue

8

Number of Pages

665-675

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22584

Copyright Status

Unknown

Socpus ID

84978035411 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84978035411

STARS Citation

Wideman, Laurie; Oberlin, Douglas J.; Sönmez, Sevil; Labban, Jeffrey; and Lemke, Michael Kenneth, "Obesity Indices Are Predictive Of Elevated C-Reactive Protein In Long-Haul Truck Drivers" (2016). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 3492.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/3492