A case control study of occupation and cardiovascular disease risk in Japanese men and women.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to investigate the risks of cardiovascular diseases associated with specific occupations, using a nation-wide, multicentre, hospital-based registry data from the Inpatient Clinico-Occupational Survey. The analysis included 539,110 controls (non-circulatory disease) and 23,792 cases (cerebral infarction, intracerebral/subarachnoid hemorrhage, acute myocardial infarction) aged ≥ 20 years who were initially hospitalized during 2005-2015. The participants' occupational and clinical histories were collected by interviewers and medical doctors. Occupations were coded into 81 categories according to the Japanese standard occupation classification. Multivariable logistic regression analysis adjusted for age, admission year and hospital, smoking, alcohol consumption, hypertension, and shif

SUBMITTER: Fukai K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8671491 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature