Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Tile and Ceramic Workers in Yazd, Iran

Table 4

Frequency of the presence of risk factors in different occupational groups.

Job title	Hypertension		Overweight	Increased FBS	Increased TG	Increased LDL	Decreased HDL
	Systolic	Diastolic
1	6.5	—	16	—	9.7	—	51.6
2	1.6	1.6	8.2	1.6	19.7	—	47.5
3	1.8	3.6	12.7	—	14.5	3.6	50.9
4	2.4	2.4	20	1.6	18.5	1.6	48.4
5	6.1	12.1	18.2	—	24.2	3	54.5
6	—	1.1	20.5	2.3	22.7	9.1	43.2
7	5.5	3	10.3	0.6	12.7	1.2	55.2
8	—	—	13	3.8	15.2	2.2	55.2
9	—	3.7	7.4	—	14.8	7.4	51.9
10	8.3	—	12.5	4.2	—	12.5	50.0
11	6.6	2.6	10.5	2.6	23.7	2	50.0
12	4.4	4.4	22.2	—	26.7	6.7	42.2
13	—	—	32.6	9.3	41.9	14	34.9

1: grinding, 2: ball mill, 3: forming, 4: glazing and printing, 5: glaze-making, 6: firing, 7: packing, 8: office, 9: service, 10: laboratory, 11: maintenance, 12: forklift driving, and 13: warehouse.