Job stressors and incident lipid-lowering medications in the working population: prospective results from the national French ESPS survey

The objectives were to explore the prospective associations between job stressors and incident lipid-lowering medications in a nationally representative sample of the working population. The data of the periodic national French ESPS survey of 2010, 2012, and 2014 linked to the national health insurance database, were used. The study sample included 8231 workers, without lipid-lowering medications within the 6 months preceding survey wave. Quantitative demands, low freedom at work, job insecurity, and tension with the public predicted incident lipid-lowering medications over a 2-year follow-up. Further investigation of lipid-related pathways linking job stressors to cardiovascular diseases is needed.