Research Article
Work Intensity, Low-Grade Inflammation, and Oxidative Status: A Comparison between Office and Slaughterhouse Workers
Table 2
Comparison of stress and inflammatory biomarkers between 8 and 12 h shifts in office and heavy workers.
| | Office workers () | Heavy workers () | After 8 hours
Mean (95% CI) | After 12 hours
Mean (95% CI) | | After 8 hour
Mean (95% CI) | After 12 hour
Mean (95% CI) | |
| hsCRP, mg/L | 1.23 (0.89–1.71) | 1.08 (0.82–1.43) | 0.311 | 0.98 (0.54–1.79) | 0.84 (0.50–1.39) | 0.482 | IL-6, pg/mL | 1.89 (1.57–2.28) | 1.71 (1.51–1.93) | 0.350 | 1.79 (1.27–2.53) | 1.97 (1.57–2.46) | 0.641 | Total antioxidant capacity,
mmol/L | 1.03 (0.81–1.25) | 1.20 (0.94–1.46) | 0.236 | 1.26 (0.91–1.61) | 0.98 (0.56–1.40) | 0.220 | Total oxidant capacity, mmol/L | 0.10 (0.07–0.16) | 0.10 (0.07–0.15) | 0.786 | 0.05 (0.02–0.10) | 0.07 (0.03–0.14) | 0.110 | Endogenous peroxidase activity, U/L | 6.54 (5.12–8.36) | 7.23 (6.21–8.43) | 0.434 | 8.00 (5.40–11.86) | 8.00 (6.26–10.23) | 0.998 | Malondialdehyde, μmol/L | 0.72 (0.64–0.80) | 0.75 (0.65–0.86) | 0.610 | 0.79 (0.64–0.96) | 0.76 (0.59–0.98) | 0.857 | Myeloperoxidase, μmol/L | 65.9 (55.0–78.8) | 67.5 (59.0–77.4) | 0.812 | 64.5 (46.4–89.7) | 56.3 (43.9–72.2) | 0.488 | Paraoxonase, ng/mL | 14.6 (13.1–16.2) | 14.2 (12.9–15.5) | 0.441 | 12.7 (10.4–15.4) | 11.5 (9.8–13.6) | 0.171 | ACTH, pg/mL | 12.2 (7.7–19.4) | 13.6 (10.3–18.0) | 0.510 | 8.8 (3.8–20.5) | 24.9 (15.0–41.4) | 0.001 | BDNF, pg/mL | 24030 (21661–26658) | 22941 (20777–25330) | 0.479 | 24634 (20370–29790) | 17921 (14947–21485) | 0.012 |
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values from linear contrasts after analysis of variance with body mass index included as a covariate. |