Occupation could affect the distribution of smoking status of workers, and the success of smoking cessation among workers depends partly on worksite conditions. Blue collar workers have been identified as a high-risk group for smoking. The aim of the present study was to examine trends in smoking rates among urban civil servants in Japan according to occupational categories. Subjects were urban...

OBJECTIVES This study employs a sample population of older workers to estimate an empirical model of leisure exercise activity. Alternative theories relating work and leisure attitudes relevant for understanding the exercise behavior of older workers are tested empirically. METHODS Responses of 6,433 full-time older workers (51 to 61 years old) from the 1992 Health and Retirement Study (HRS)...

OBJECTIVE Work environment is said to influence cardiovascular risk. We assessed whether nature of occupation affects risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the general population. METHODS In the ongoing, prospective Oregon Sudden Unexpected Death Study (catchment population 1 million), working-age SCD cases (18-65 years) were compared with controls who died from any cause. Usual occupation ob...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To estimate the extent to which changes in blood pressure, smoking, and serum cholesterol concentration explain the observed increase in socioeconomic differences in mortality from ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in Finland during the past 20 years. DESIGN Predicted changes in mortality from IHD were calculated using logistic regression models with the risk factor levels assesse...

BACKGROUND Obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASIS) has been identified as a major preventable risk factor for anal incontinence. OBJECTIVE Aim was to measure national variation in incidence of OASIS by socioeconomic status (SES). METHODS A retrospective population based case-control study using the data derived from the Finnish Medical Birth Register for the years 1991-2010. A total populat...

OBJECTIVES Leisure-time physical activity (PA) has been established to be related to more years lived without disability. However, less is known about the relationship between occupational PA and disability in old age. The aim of the study was 1) to investigate whether midlife occupational PA is related to late-life disability, and 2) to test the hypothesis that the association differs accordin...

OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence and referred pain area of trigger points (TrPs) in blue-collar (manual) and white-collar (office) workers, and to analyze if the referred pain pattern elicited from TrPs completely reproduces the overall spontaneous pain pattern. METHODS Sixteen (62% women) blue-collar and 19 (75% women) white-collar workers were included in this study. TrPs in the tempora...

Electronic health records (EHRs) are a useful tool to determine the causes and trends of work-related diseases in terms periodic check-ups or emergency interventions at workplace. To detect prevent diseases, EHRs could be important determinants for assessing interactions between complaints factors. This study aimed address prevalence that cause potentially relationship blue-collar/white-collar ...