Does occupational lifting affect the risk of hypertension, and are those using antihypertensive drugs and of older age particularly vulnerable. A study protocol.pdf

This study will use data from the Copenhagen General Population Study to explore associations between heavy occupational lifting and hypertension, among all participants having data and aged <70 years old, and in groups stratified by use of antihypertensive drugs as well as age. This cross-sectional data have been collected via health examinations and questionnaires in an examination conducted from 2004 to 2015. The data set contains person-based information on health as well as a large variety of biological, environmental and life-style related factors.