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Workers who suffer job strain are 23-percent more likely to have a heart attack than stress-free counterparts, but the risk is far smaller than smoking or a sedentary lifestyle, a large study published in The Lancet on Friday says.
週五公佈在「刺胳針」的大型研究指出，工作有壓力的勞工，心臟病發風險比沒有壓力的勞工高23%，但風險遠低於吸菸或久坐型的生活型態。
The new paper is a meta-analysis -- an overview of 13 studies conducted between 1985 and 2006 in seven European countries that adopted the same approach：participants without CHD were first interviewed and their health was then monitored, for 7.5 years on average.
這份新報告是一份統合分析，綜覽13份1985年到2006年間在7個歐洲國家以同樣方式進行的研究：沒有冠心病的參與者初次受訪後，持續被觀察其健康平均7.5年。
In all, 197,473 took part in these studies, of whom 30,214 reported job strain, defined as having excessive workloads, time pressures and little freedom to make decisions at work.
整體而言，19萬7473名參與研究者中，3萬214人報告有工作壓力，也就是工作過量、有時間壓力、工作時能做決定的自由不多。
During the monitoring period that followed, doctors recorded 2,356 heart attacks. The risk was 23 percent higher among the "job strain" group, even when age, gender and socio-economic factors, which all influence risk, were taken into account. （AFP）
在追蹤觀察期間，醫師記錄到2356件心臟病發案例。即便是年齡、性別、社經等會影響風險的因素都列入考量，心臟病發風險在「工作壓力」組高出23%。（法新社）
新聞辭典
strain：名詞，壓力。例句：Their constant arguments were putting a strain on their marriage.（他們時常爭吵，對婚姻造成壓力。）
boost：動詞，提振。例句：I tried to boost his ego by praising his cooking.（我稱讚他的廚藝試著增強他的自信。）
sedentary：形容詞，久坐的。例句：My doctor says I should start playing sport because my lifestyle is too sedentary.（我的醫師說，我應該開始做運動，因為我的生活型態太常坐著。）
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