Cardiometabolic & kidneyCohort study
Exposure to workplace sexual harassment and risk of cardiometabolic disease: a prospective cohort study of 88 904 Swedish men and women
- Prospective cohort study
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
Incident CVD and T2DM
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 harassment — Sexual harassment vs No sexual harassment · CVD; from superior or fellow workers | 1.57 (1.15–2.15) | |
| CVD and T2DM, by source of harassment — Sexual harassment vs No sexual harassment · T2DM; from superior or fellow workers | 1.85 (1.39–2.46) | |
| CVD and T2DM, by source of harassment — Sexual harassment vs No sexual harassment · T2DM; from others | 1.39 (1.13–1.70) | |
| CVD and T2DM, frequent exposure — Sexual harassment vs No sexual harassment · CVD; frequent exposure | 1.31 (0.95–1.81) | |
| CVD and T2DM, frequent exposure — Sexual harassment vs No sexual harassment · T2DM; 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:10.1093/eurjpc/zwae178
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it