CUMULATIVE EXPOSURE TO JOB STRAIN AND PREDIABETES AMONG MALE AND FEMALE WHITE-COLLAR WORKERS.

In female workers, chronic job strain was associated more than twice the odds of prediabetes (OR = 2.21, 95% CI 1.05-4.67) compared to unexposed workers, even after adjusting for sociodemographic factors and lifestyle habits. There was no association between job strain and prediabetes in male workers.Conclusion: Our results suggest that PSWs, when they are measured with the demand-control model, are associated with an increased prediabetes prevalence. Given the increasing burden of disease of prediabetes and T2DM in Canada and in other developed countries, addressing these frequent and modifiable occupational factors could improve the health of Canadian workers, especially female workers. Therefore, workplace interventions that aim to decrease adverse PSWs should be considered to reduce glucose metabolism imbalances at the population level.