Long working hours and metabolic syndrome among Japanese men: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The link between long working hours and health has been extensively studied for decades. Despite global concern regarding metabolic syndrome, however, no studies to date have solely evaluated the relationship between long working hours and that syndrome. We therefore examined the association between long working hours and metabolic syndrome in a cross-sectional study.

Methods

Between May and October 2009, we collected data from annual health checkups and questionnaires from employees at a manufacturing company in Shizuoka, Japan. Questionnaires were returned by 1,601 workers (response rate: 96.2%; 1,314 men, 287 women). After exclusions, including women because of a lack of overtime work, the analysis was performed for 933 men. We calculated odds ratios (ORs) and

SUBMITTER: Kobayashi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3419617 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature