The bright side and dark side of workplace social capital: opposing effects of gender on overweight among Japanese employees.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A growing number of studies have sought to examine the health associations of workplace social capital; however, evidence of associations with overweight is sparse. We examined the association between individual perceptions of workplace social capital and overweight among Japanese male and female employees.

Methodology/principal findings

We conducted a cross-sectional survey among full-time employees at a company in Osaka prefecture in February 2012. We used an 8-item measure to assess overall and sub-dimensions of workplace social capital, divided into tertiles. Of 1050 employees, 849 responded, and 750 (624 men and 126 women) could be linked to annual health check-up data in the analysis. Binomial logistic regression models were used to calculate odds ratios and

SUBMITTER: Kobayashi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3909277 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature