Why the study?
Does effort-reward imbalance influence inflammatory and cardiovascular responses to acute mental stress in healthy employed men?
Population
92 healthy men in full-time employment, mean age 33.1 years
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
10 minutes after stress tasks
Authors
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Effort-reward imbalance may heighten inflammatory stress responses; hypothesis-generating for work stress as CVD mediator, needing prospective confirmation.
Does effort-reward imbalance influence inflammatory and cardiovascular responses to acute mental stress in healthy employed men?
Chronic work stress, characterized by effort-reward imbalance, is associated with heightened acute inflammatory responsivity to mental stress, which may partially mediate cardiovascular disease risk.
Hamer et al. (2006) studied this question.
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