[Assessment of body fat as a cardiovascular risk factor: a public health approach to Seriate A.O. Bolognini's Employees - WHP Project (Workplace Health Promotion)]. / Valutazione del grasso corporeo come fattore di rischio cardiovascolare: un approccio di solute pubblica nei dipendenti dell' A.O. Bolognini di Senate - Progetto WHP (Workplace Health Promotion).

At the A.O. Bolognini Seriate, within the WHP project, the 1942 employees have been evaluated, during the working suitability visit, for cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors. The following parameters were detected: height and weight measurement, calculation of BMI, abdominal circumference, lipid profile (total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides), blood glucose. smoking habits, physical activities and sports activities. Each employee was also evaluated with Bioelectrical Impedence Analysis that allowed the acquisition of additional parameters such as the measure of muscle mass, fat mass, lean mass, body water, visceral fat and basal metabolic rate. Excess body fat is a cardiovascular risk factor underestimated by people, traditional tools of simple approach (weight, height, waist circumference, BMI) can often underestimate the presence of visceral fat, metabolically active and recognized risk factor even in normal weight subjects. The measurement of body fat with Bioelectrical Impedence Analysis has highlighted a high percentage of people with excess body fat, although classified as normal weight by calculation of BMI.

[Epidemiology of ischemic cardiopathy in a large iron foundry]. / Epidemiologia della cardiopatia ischemica in una industria siderurgica di grandi dimensioni.

This work examines the coronary disease distribution in a large iron-foundry (7000 workers) with different ways of work and productive technologies, taking into consideration the high incidence and the multiple etiology of risk factors of cardiovascular diseases in the general population. In particular we studied the frequency of coronary disease and its consequence on the workers as far as retirement, death and job modification are concerned.