Association among occupational class, alcohol consumption, and the risk of hospitalisations due to alcoholic liver diseases: a matched case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to identify the occupational class and specific occupations associated with hospitalisations due to alcohol-related liver disease and alcoholic liver cirrhosis, based on the distribution of alcohol consumption.

Methods

This matched case-control study used a nationwide, multicentre, inpatient dataset from the Inpatient Clinico-Occupational Database of the Rosai Hospital Group in Japan. A total of 5,490 cases with alcohol-related liver disease and 10,961 controls were included in this study. Participants were categorised according to occupational class (blue-collar, service, professional, and manager) and industrial sector (blue-collar, service, and white-collar). Professionals in white-collar industries were set as the reference group. We calculate

SUBMITTER: Nakazawa S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12004761 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature