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Br J Sports Med 2009;43:928-931 doi:10.1136/bjsm.2008.049171
  • Original article

Impact of mode of transportation on dyslipidaemia in working people in Beijing

  1. X Guo1,
  2. Z Jia1,
  3. P Zhang2,
  4. S Yang1,
  5. W Wu1,
  6. L Sang1,
  7. Y Luo1,
  8. X Lu1,
  9. H Dai1,
  10. Z Zeng3,
  11. W Wang1
  1. 1
    School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
  2. 2
    Capital Medical University & Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
  3. 3
    Institute of Heart Lung & Blood Vessel Disease, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
  1. Correspondence to W Wang, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; wei6014{at}yahoo.com
  • Accepted 20 December 2008
  • Published Online First 9 January 2009

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to investigate the association between mode of transportation to work and dyslipidaemia.

Methods: During the period between January and February 2006, telephone interviews were conducted with 2506 randomly selected urban residents aged 18 years or older in the 8 districts of Beijing, using a multiple stratified random sampling technique. Of the selected individuals, 1024 (40.86%) members of the workforce were subsequently tested for biomarkers (ie, total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)). Multiple logistic regression modelling was used, adjusted for potential confounders.

Results: The probability of dyslipidaemia in workers who travel to work by bus, car or taxi is higher than that of workers who walk to work, with prevalence odds ratios (PORs) of 1.99 (95% CI 1.33 to 2.97) and 2.21 (95% CI 1.28 to 3.84), respectively. There is no significant difference in the risk of experiencing dyslipidaemia when workers who ride bicycles are compared with those who walk to work (POR = 1.22, 95% CI 0.83 to 1.78).

Conclusions: These findings indicate that modes of transportation to work are significantly associated with the prevalence of dyslipidaemia. Prevention education should be emphasised among higher-risk people who usually go to work by car, bus or taxi.

Footnotes

  • XG and ZJ are joint first authors and contributed equally to this work.

  • Funding This work was partially supported by grants from the Major State Research Program-863 of China (2006AA02Z434) and Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (no. 20050025002).

  • Competing interests None declared.

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