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Work, Lipids, and Fibrinogen (WOLF) Study

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The WOLF study is a prospective cohort study that was started to analyze the role of adverse occupational conditions in cardiovascular risk and disease development in employed Swedish men and women. Occupational health units carried out baseline screening of employees from approximately 60 companies from 1992 to 1998, including a clinical exam and blood samples. The initial study of 10,382 subjects from WOLF found no associations between job strain and serum total cholesterol and plasma fibrinogen (Alfredsson et al., 2002). Additional studies have examined relationships between cardiac risk and leisure time (Fransson, Alfredsson, de Faire, Knutsson, & Westerholm, 2003) and managerial leadership behaviors (Nyberg et al., 2009).

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  • Alfredsson, L., Hammar, N., Fransson, E., et al. (2002). Job strain and major risk factors for coronary heart disease among employed males and females in a Swedish study on work, lipids and fibrinogen. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 28, 238–248.

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  • Fransson, E. I., Alfredsson, L. S., de Faire, U. H., Knutsson, A., & Westerholm, P. J. (2003). Leisure time, occupational and household physical activity, and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in working men and women: The WOLF study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 31, 324–333.

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  • Nyberg, A., Alfredsson, L., Theorell, T., Westerlund, H., Vahtera, J., & Kivimaki, M. (2009). Managerial leadership and ischaemic heart disease among employees: The Swedish WOLF study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 66, 51–55.

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, 161 Fort Washington Avenue Suite 546, New York, NY, 10032, USA

    Dr. William Whang

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  1. Behavioral Medicine Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

    Marc D. Gellman

  2. Cardiovascular Safety, Quintiles, Durham, NC, USA

    J. Rick Turner

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Whang, W. (2013). Work, Lipids, and Fibrinogen (WOLF) Study. In: Gellman, M.D., Turner, J.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1005-9_1289

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