@article{ref1,
title="Body mass index as a predictor of firefighter injury and workers' compensation claims",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2012",
author="Kuehl, Kerry S. and Kisbu-Sakarya, Yasemin and Elliot, Diane L. and Moe, Esther L. and Defrancesco, Carol A. and Mackinnon, David P. and Lockhart, Ginger and Goldberg, Linn and Kuehl, Hannah E.",
volume="54",
number="5",
pages="579-582",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: : To determine the relationship between lifestyle variables including body mass index and filing a workers' compensation claim due to firefighter injury. METHODS: : A cross-sectional evaluation of firefighter injury related to workers&quot; compensation claims occurring 5 years after the original Promoting Healthy Lifestyles: Alternative Models' Effects study intervention. RESULTS: : A logistic regression analysis for variables predicting filing a workers' compensation claim due to an injury was performed with a total of 433 participants. The odds of filing a compensation claim were almost 3 times higher for firefighters with a body mass index of more than 30 kg/m than firefighters with a normal body mass index (odds ratio, 2.89; P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: : This study addresses a high-priority area of reducing firefighter injuries and workers' compensation claims. Maintaining a healthy body weight is important to reduce injury and workers' compensation claims among firefighters.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0b013e318249202d",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e318249202d"
}