Exposure to workplace sexual harassment and risk of cardiometabolic disease: a prospective cohort study of 88 904 Swedish men and women
Authors' conclusion
The results of this study support the hypothesis that workplace sexual harassment is prospectively associated with cardiometabolic diseases.
Study context
- Population
- Swedish men and women in paid work, free from cardiometabolic diseases at baseline (Swedish Work Environment Survey 1995–2015)4.8% exposed
- Participants
- 88,904 men
- Exposure
- Workplace sexual harassment vs no exposure
- Sexual harassmentn = 4,300
- Outcome
- Cardiometabolic diseases (cardiovascular disease (CVD) and T2DM) from national registers
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Sexual harassment vs No sexual harassmentHazard ratio (95% CI)
CVD
1.25(1.03–1.51)
T2DM
1.45(1.21–1.73)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | HR (CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| CVD and T2DM, by source of harassmentSexual harassmentvs No sexual harassmentCVD; from superior or fellow workers | 1.57 (1.15–2.15) | |
| CVD and T2DM, by source of harassmentSexual harassmentvs No sexual harassmentT2DM; from superior or fellow workers | 1.85 (1.39–2.46) | |
| CVD and T2DM, by source of harassmentSexual harassmentvs No sexual harassmentT2DM; from others | 1.39 (1.13–1.70) | |
| CVD and T2DM, frequent exposureSexual harassmentvs No sexual harassmentCVD; frequent exposure | 1.31 (0.95–1.81) | |
| CVD and T2DM, frequent exposureSexual harassmentvs No sexual harassmentT2DM; frequent exposure | 1.72 (1.30–2.28) | |
| 0.512Hazard ratio (log scale) |
Original publication
Exposure to workplace sexual harassment and risk of cardiometabolic disease: a prospective cohort study of 88 904 Swedish men and women. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 14 June 2024. doi:10.
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