%0 Journal Article
%T Body mass index as a predictor of firefighter injury and workers' compensation claims
%J Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
%D 2012
%A Kuehl, Kerry S.
%A Kisbu-Sakarya, Yasemin
%A Elliot, Diane L.
%A Moe, Esther L.
%A Defrancesco, Carol A.
%A Mackinnon, David P.
%A Lockhart, Ginger
%A Goldberg, Linn
%A Kuehl, Hannah E.
%V 54
%N 5
%P 579-582
%X 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" 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>
%G en
%I Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
%@ 1076-2752
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e318249202d