Apr 5, 2021
Working 55 h/week or more post-MI linked to two-fold increased risk for recurrent event
Don’t put in for overtime after suffering a heart attack among patients with previous myocardial infarction (MI), working longer hours per week was associated with a two-fold increased risk of a second heart attack or other cardiovascular event, according to results of a prospective cohort study from Canada.
Long working hours are a recurrent theme around the globe, with roughly one in five workers worldwide working longer than 48 hours per week, according to the International Labor Office. Previous research documented the link between long work hours and cardiovascular health, with one recent systematic review suggesting that a longer shift was associated with increased rates of coronary heart disease (CHD) or stroke, Xavier Trudel, PhD, of the Social and Preventive Medicine Department at Université Laval and CHU de Québec-Laval University Research Center in Québec, Canada,