One-Year Weight Change and Long-Term Sickness Absence in Professional Firefighters

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• Personal Author:
  Choi B
• Description:
  Background: Little is known about the association between weight change (particularly moderate weight loss, 5-10% in initial weight) and long-term sickness absence (LSA) in working populations. Methods: Three hundred and forty professional firefighters reported their current and past (1 year ago) weights in a cross-sectional survey, along with their LSA experience due to a severe accident, injury, or illness during the previous 12 months. Results: The prevalence of LSA was 14.7%. In the non-smoking male firefighters, the prevalence of LSA was 3.4% in those with moderate weight loss over the past year; 13.3% in those who maintained their weight; and 21.7% in those who gained their weight moderately: gamma coefficient, 0.44 (95%CI: 0.05, 0.66). The linear association remained significant after further controlling for age and alcohol consumption. And it was similar across the adiposity strata (normal weight, overweight, and obesity) of the firefighters 1 year ago. Conclusions: One-year weight loss was associated with decreased risk of LSA in professional firefighters. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Body Weight Epidemiology Firefighters Men Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Shift Work Schedule Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Adipose Tissue Author Keywords: Illness BMI Body-weight Body Mass Index Dose Response Fire-fighters Health-surveys Injury Obesity Physical-fitness Psychosocial Factors Questionnaires Risk-analysis Risk-factors Shift-work Shift Workers Statistical Analysis Weight-factors Weight-measurement Weight Gain Weight Loss Work-environment Work Analysis Worker-health Work Schedules

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  60
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049788
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2017 Jun; 60(6):548-556
• Contact Point Address:
  BongKyoo Choi, ScD, MPH, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of California, Irvine, 100 Theory, Suite100, Irvine, California 92617
• Email:
  b.choi@uci.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  University of California - Irvine
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20100901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20130831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b3dd7aa0ad4291ce372f58101a3398956dc39e330ec401941028de09940bb9ffe10a74ef3642af0221b1ba518e4953fc7cf175b47b92a43b3f4f41984952c4f5
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210418/cdc_210418_DS1.pdf
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