Metabolic syndrome, Cardiovascular disease, Physical fitness, Coal mining

Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess health status of regular and part-time mines rescue brigadesmen. Material and Methods: A group of 685 mines rescue brigadesmen was examined within the preventive testing - a basic internal, biochemistry and anthropometric examination, physical fitness testing. Results: The average age of the subjects was 41.96?7.18 years, the average exposure in mining was 20?8.1 years, out of that 11.95?7.85 years as mines rescue brigadesmen. Elevated levels of total serum cholesterol (T-CH) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-CH) were found in over 1/2 of the subjects. Systolic hypertension (systolic blood pressure (SBP) ? 140 mm Hg) was confirmed in 34%, overweight (body mass index (BMI) ? 25) in 62.3% and obesity (BMI ? 30) in 20.4% of the examined mines rescue brigadesmen.