Obesity and occupational injury: a prospective cohort study of 69,515 public sector employees
Obesity and overweight are suggested to increase the risk of occupational injury but longitudinal evidence to confirm this is rare. We sought to evaluate obesity and overweight as risk factors for occupational injuries. A total of 69,515 public sector employees (80% women) responded to a survey in 2...
Gespeichert in:
| Veröffentlicht in: | PloS one 2013-10, Vol.8 (10), p.e77178-e77178 |
|---|---|
| Hauptverfasser: | , , , , , , |
| Format: | Artikel |
| Sprache: | eng |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
| Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
| container_end_page | e77178 |
|---|---|
| container_issue | 10 |
| container_start_page | e77178 |
| container_title | PloS one |
| container_volume | 8 |
| creator | Kouvonen, Anne Kivimäki, Mika Oksanen, Tuula Pentti, Jaana De Vogli, Roberto Virtanen, Marianna Vahtera, Jussi |
| description | Obesity and overweight are suggested to increase the risk of occupational injury but longitudinal evidence to confirm this is rare. We sought to evaluate obesity and overweight as risk factors for occupational injuries.
A total of 69,515 public sector employees (80% women) responded to a survey in 2000-2002, 2004 or 2008. Body mass index (kg/m(2)) was derived from self-reported height and weight and was linked to records of subsequent occupational injuries obtained from national registers. Different injury types, locations and events or exposures (the manner in which the injury was produced or inflicted) were analyzed by body mass index category adjusting for baseline socio-demographic characteristics, work characteristics, health-risk behaviors, physical and mental health, insomnia symptoms, and sleep duration. During the mean follow-up of 7.8 years (SD = 3.2), 18% of the employees (N = 12,204) recorded at least one occupational injury. Obesity was associated with a higher overall risk of occupational injury; multivariable adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 1.21 (95% CI 1.14-1.27). A relationship was observed for bone fractures (HR = 1.37; 95% CI: 1.10-1.70), dislocations, sprains and strains (HR = 1.36; 95% CI: 1.25-1.49), concussions and internal injuries (HR = 1.26; 95% CI: 1.11-1.44), injuries to lower extremities (HR = 1.62; 95%: 1.46-1.79) and injuries to whole body or multiple sites (HR = 1.37; 95%: 1.10-1.70). Furthermore, obesity was associated with a higher risk of injuries caused by slipping, tripping, stumbling and falling (HR = 1.55; 95% CI: 1.40-1.73), sudden body movement with or without physical stress (HR = 1.24; 95% CI: 1.10-1.41) and shock, fright, violence, aggression, threat or unexpected presence (HR = 1.33; 95% CI: 1.03-1.72). The magnitude of the associations between overweight and injuries was smaller, but the associations were generally in the same direction as those of obesity.
Obese employees record more occupational injuries than those with recommended healthy weight. |
| doi_str_mv | 10.1371/journal.pone.0077178 |
| format | Article |
| fullrecord | <record><control><sourceid>gale_plos_</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_plos_journals_1442465721</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><galeid>A478246525</galeid><doaj_id>oai_doaj_org_article_1d1a75be600a48d2853b09b86f8543b8</doaj_id><sourcerecordid>A478246525</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c692t-22ce2de6a43a7c2f9da614b6a16365bbebaf0c3b7998aaeb95ad59d52124c8c03</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNqNk1trFDEUxwdRbK1-A9EBQRTcNfdMfBBK8bJQWPD2JiHJZHazzE6mSaa4395Md1p2pQ-Sh4ST3_mfnJNziuI5BHOIOXy_8UPoVDvvfWfnAHAOefWgOIUCoxlDAD88OJ8UT2LcAEBxxdjj4gQRSJhg7LT4vdQ2urQrVVeX3pihV8n5rFu6bjOE3YdSlX3wsbcmuWtbGr_2IZUxDfWu9E3JxDsKadkPunWmjJnyobTbvvU7a-PT4lGj2mifTftZ8fPzpx8XX2eXyy-Li_PLmWECpRlCxqLaMkWw4gY1olYMEs0UZJhRra1WDTBYcyEqpawWVNVU1BRBRExlAD4rXu51c9wop8pECQlBhFGOYCYWe6L2aiP74LYq7KRXTt4YfFhJFZIzrZWwhopTbRkAilQ1qijWQOiKNRUlWFdZ6-MUbdBbWxvbpaDaI9Hjm86t5cpfS8wF54RkgTeTQPBXg41Jbl00tm1VZ_1w826CBQF8RF_9g96f3UStVE7AdY3Pcc0oKs8Jr0YM0UzN76Hyqu3WmdxGjcv2I4e3Rw6ZSfZPWqkhRrn4_u3_2eWvY_b1Abu2qk3r6Nth7Lx4DJI9aHILxmCbuyJDIMcpuK2GHKdATlOQ3V4cftCd023b4797uQHn</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Open Website</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>1442465721</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Obesity and occupational injury: a prospective cohort study of 69,515 public sector employees</title><source>MEDLINE</source><source>DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals</source><source>Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek - Frei zugängliche E-Journals</source><source>Public Library of Science (PLoS)</source><source>PubMed Central</source><source>Free Full-Text Journals in Chemistry</source><creator>Kouvonen, Anne ; Kivimäki, Mika ; Oksanen, Tuula ; Pentti, Jaana ; De Vogli, Roberto ; Virtanen, Marianna ; Vahtera, Jussi</creator><contributor>Zhang, Harry</contributor><creatorcontrib>Kouvonen, Anne ; Kivimäki, Mika ; Oksanen, Tuula ; Pentti, Jaana ; De Vogli, Roberto ; Virtanen, Marianna ; Vahtera, Jussi ; Zhang, Harry</creatorcontrib><description>Obesity and overweight are suggested to increase the risk of occupational injury but longitudinal evidence to confirm this is rare. We sought to evaluate obesity and overweight as risk factors for occupational injuries.
A total of 69,515 public sector employees (80% women) responded to a survey in 2000-2002, 2004 or 2008. Body mass index (kg/m(2)) was derived from self-reported height and weight and was linked to records of subsequent occupational injuries obtained from national registers. Different injury types, locations and events or exposures (the manner in which the injury was produced or inflicted) were analyzed by body mass index category adjusting for baseline socio-demographic characteristics, work characteristics, health-risk behaviors, physical and mental health, insomnia symptoms, and sleep duration. During the mean follow-up of 7.8 years (SD = 3.2), 18% of the employees (N = 12,204) recorded at least one occupational injury. Obesity was associated with a higher overall risk of occupational injury; multivariable adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 1.21 (95% CI 1.14-1.27). A relationship was observed for bone fractures (HR = 1.37; 95% CI: 1.10-1.70), dislocations, sprains and strains (HR = 1.36; 95% CI: 1.25-1.49), concussions and internal injuries (HR = 1.26; 95% CI: 1.11-1.44), injuries to lower extremities (HR = 1.62; 95%: 1.46-1.79) and injuries to whole body or multiple sites (HR = 1.37; 95%: 1.10-1.70). Furthermore, obesity was associated with a higher risk of injuries caused by slipping, tripping, stumbling and falling (HR = 1.55; 95% CI: 1.40-1.73), sudden body movement with or without physical stress (HR = 1.24; 95% CI: 1.10-1.41) and shock, fright, violence, aggression, threat or unexpected presence (HR = 1.33; 95% CI: 1.03-1.72). The magnitude of the associations between overweight and injuries was smaller, but the associations were generally in the same direction as those of obesity.
Obese employees record more occupational injuries than those with recommended healthy weight.</description><identifier>ISSN: 1932-6203</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1932-6203</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077178</identifier><identifier>PMID: 24146966</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>United States: Public Library of Science</publisher><subject>Adolescent ; Adult ; Age Factors ; Aged ; Aggression ; Analysis ; Body mass ; Body Mass Index ; Body size ; Body weight ; Cohort analysis ; Concussion ; Demographics ; Dislocations ; Employees ; Epidemiology ; Extremities ; Female ; Finland - epidemiology ; Follow-Up Studies ; Fractures ; Government employees ; Health risks ; Humans ; Injuries ; Injury analysis ; Insomnia ; Male ; Mental health ; Middle Aged ; Obesity ; Obesity - complications ; Occupational accidents ; Occupational health ; Occupational Injuries - complications ; Occupational Injuries - epidemiology ; Occupational safety ; Overweight ; Personal injuries ; Physical stress ; Proportional Hazards Models ; Prospective Studies ; Public sector ; Public Sector - statistics & numerical data ; Risk analysis ; Risk Factors ; Risk taking ; Sleep ; Sleep disorders ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Studies ; Surveys ; Violence ; Work related injuries ; Young Adult</subject><ispartof>PloS one, 2013-10, Vol.8 (10), p.e77178-e77178</ispartof><rights>COPYRIGHT 2013 Public Library of Science</rights><rights>2013 Kouvonen et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.</rights><rights>2013 Kouvonen et al 2013 Kouvonen et al</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><oa>free_for_read</oa><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c692t-22ce2de6a43a7c2f9da614b6a16365bbebaf0c3b7998aaeb95ad59d52124c8c03</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c692t-22ce2de6a43a7c2f9da614b6a16365bbebaf0c3b7998aaeb95ad59d52124c8c03</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3797744/pdf/$$EPDF$$P50$$Gpubmedcentral$$Hfree_for_read</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3797744/$$EHTML$$P50$$Gpubmedcentral$$Hfree_for_read</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>230,314,727,780,784,864,885,2100,2926,23864,27922,27923,53789,53791,79370,79371</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24146966$$D View this record in MEDLINE/PubMed$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><contributor>Zhang, Harry</contributor><creatorcontrib>Kouvonen, Anne</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Kivimäki, Mika</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Oksanen, Tuula</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Pentti, Jaana</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>De Vogli, Roberto</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Virtanen, Marianna</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Vahtera, Jussi</creatorcontrib><title>Obesity and occupational injury: a prospective cohort study of 69,515 public sector employees</title><title>PloS one</title><addtitle>PLoS One</addtitle><description>Obesity and overweight are suggested to increase the risk of occupational injury but longitudinal evidence to confirm this is rare. We sought to evaluate obesity and overweight as risk factors for occupational injuries.
A total of 69,515 public sector employees (80% women) responded to a survey in 2000-2002, 2004 or 2008. Body mass index (kg/m(2)) was derived from self-reported height and weight and was linked to records of subsequent occupational injuries obtained from national registers. Different injury types, locations and events or exposures (the manner in which the injury was produced or inflicted) were analyzed by body mass index category adjusting for baseline socio-demographic characteristics, work characteristics, health-risk behaviors, physical and mental health, insomnia symptoms, and sleep duration. During the mean follow-up of 7.8 years (SD = 3.2), 18% of the employees (N = 12,204) recorded at least one occupational injury. Obesity was associated with a higher overall risk of occupational injury; multivariable adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 1.21 (95% CI 1.14-1.27). A relationship was observed for bone fractures (HR = 1.37; 95% CI: 1.10-1.70), dislocations, sprains and strains (HR = 1.36; 95% CI: 1.25-1.49), concussions and internal injuries (HR = 1.26; 95% CI: 1.11-1.44), injuries to lower extremities (HR = 1.62; 95%: 1.46-1.79) and injuries to whole body or multiple sites (HR = 1.37; 95%: 1.10-1.70). Furthermore, obesity was associated with a higher risk of injuries caused by slipping, tripping, stumbling and falling (HR = 1.55; 95% CI: 1.40-1.73), sudden body movement with or without physical stress (HR = 1.24; 95% CI: 1.10-1.41) and shock, fright, violence, aggression, threat or unexpected presence (HR = 1.33; 95% CI: 1.03-1.72). The magnitude of the associations between overweight and injuries was smaller, but the associations were generally in the same direction as those of obesity.
Obese employees record more occupational injuries than those with recommended healthy weight.</description><subject>Adolescent</subject><subject>Adult</subject><subject>Age Factors</subject><subject>Aged</subject><subject>Aggression</subject><subject>Analysis</subject><subject>Body mass</subject><subject>Body Mass Index</subject><subject>Body size</subject><subject>Body weight</subject><subject>Cohort analysis</subject><subject>Concussion</subject><subject>Demographics</subject><subject>Dislocations</subject><subject>Employees</subject><subject>Epidemiology</subject><subject>Extremities</subject><subject>Female</subject><subject>Finland - epidemiology</subject><subject>Follow-Up Studies</subject><subject>Fractures</subject><subject>Government employees</subject><subject>Health risks</subject><subject>Humans</subject><subject>Injuries</subject><subject>Injury analysis</subject><subject>Insomnia</subject><subject>Male</subject><subject>Mental health</subject><subject>Middle Aged</subject><subject>Obesity</subject><subject>Obesity - complications</subject><subject>Occupational accidents</subject><subject>Occupational health</subject><subject>Occupational Injuries - complications</subject><subject>Occupational Injuries - epidemiology</subject><subject>Occupational safety</subject><subject>Overweight</subject><subject>Personal injuries</subject><subject>Physical stress</subject><subject>Proportional Hazards Models</subject><subject>Prospective Studies</subject><subject>Public sector</subject><subject>Public Sector - statistics & numerical data</subject><subject>Risk analysis</subject><subject>Risk Factors</subject><subject>Risk taking</subject><subject>Sleep</subject><subject>Sleep disorders</subject><subject>Socioeconomic Factors</subject><subject>Studies</subject><subject>Surveys</subject><subject>Violence</subject><subject>Work related injuries</subject><subject>Young Adult</subject><issn>1932-6203</issn><issn>1932-6203</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2013</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>EIF</sourceid><sourceid>ABUWG</sourceid><sourceid>AFKRA</sourceid><sourceid>AZQEC</sourceid><sourceid>BENPR</sourceid><sourceid>CCPQU</sourceid><sourceid>DWQXO</sourceid><sourceid>GNUQQ</sourceid><sourceid>DOA</sourceid><recordid>eNqNk1trFDEUxwdRbK1-A9EBQRTcNfdMfBBK8bJQWPD2JiHJZHazzE6mSaa4395Md1p2pQ-Sh4ST3_mfnJNziuI5BHOIOXy_8UPoVDvvfWfnAHAOefWgOIUCoxlDAD88OJ8UT2LcAEBxxdjj4gQRSJhg7LT4vdQ2urQrVVeX3pihV8n5rFu6bjOE3YdSlX3wsbcmuWtbGr_2IZUxDfWu9E3JxDsKadkPunWmjJnyobTbvvU7a-PT4lGj2mifTftZ8fPzpx8XX2eXyy-Li_PLmWECpRlCxqLaMkWw4gY1olYMEs0UZJhRra1WDTBYcyEqpawWVNVU1BRBRExlAD4rXu51c9wop8pECQlBhFGOYCYWe6L2aiP74LYq7KRXTt4YfFhJFZIzrZWwhopTbRkAilQ1qijWQOiKNRUlWFdZ6-MUbdBbWxvbpaDaI9Hjm86t5cpfS8wF54RkgTeTQPBXg41Jbl00tm1VZ_1w826CBQF8RF_9g96f3UStVE7AdY3Pcc0oKs8Jr0YM0UzN76Hyqu3WmdxGjcv2I4e3Rw6ZSfZPWqkhRrn4_u3_2eWvY_b1Abu2qk3r6Nth7Lx4DJI9aHILxmCbuyJDIMcpuK2GHKdATlOQ3V4cftCd023b4797uQHn</recordid><startdate>20131016</startdate><enddate>20131016</enddate><creator>Kouvonen, Anne</creator><creator>Kivimäki, Mika</creator><creator>Oksanen, Tuula</creator><creator>Pentti, Jaana</creator><creator>De Vogli, Roberto</creator><creator>Virtanen, Marianna</creator><creator>Vahtera, Jussi</creator><general>Public Library of Science</general><general>Public Library of Science (PLoS)</general><scope>CGR</scope><scope>CUY</scope><scope>CVF</scope><scope>ECM</scope><scope>EIF</scope><scope>NPM</scope><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>IOV</scope><scope>ISR</scope><scope>3V.</scope><scope>7QG</scope><scope>7QL</scope><scope>7QO</scope><scope>7RV</scope><scope>7SN</scope><scope>7SS</scope><scope>7T5</scope><scope>7TG</scope><scope>7TM</scope><scope>7U9</scope><scope>7X2</scope><scope>7X7</scope><scope>7XB</scope><scope>88E</scope><scope>8AO</scope><scope>8C1</scope><scope>8FD</scope><scope>8FE</scope><scope>8FG</scope><scope>8FH</scope><scope>8FI</scope><scope>8FJ</scope><scope>8FK</scope><scope>ABJCF</scope><scope>ABUWG</scope><scope>AEUYN</scope><scope>AFKRA</scope><scope>ARAPS</scope><scope>ATCPS</scope><scope>AZQEC</scope><scope>BBNVY</scope><scope>BENPR</scope><scope>BGLVJ</scope><scope>BHPHI</scope><scope>C1K</scope><scope>CCPQU</scope><scope>D1I</scope><scope>DWQXO</scope><scope>FR3</scope><scope>FYUFA</scope><scope>GHDGH</scope><scope>GNUQQ</scope><scope>H94</scope><scope>HCIFZ</scope><scope>K9.</scope><scope>KB.</scope><scope>KB0</scope><scope>KL.</scope><scope>L6V</scope><scope>LK8</scope><scope>M0K</scope><scope>M0S</scope><scope>M1P</scope><scope>M7N</scope><scope>M7P</scope><scope>M7S</scope><scope>NAPCQ</scope><scope>P5Z</scope><scope>P62</scope><scope>P64</scope><scope>PATMY</scope><scope>PDBOC</scope><scope>PIMPY</scope><scope>PQEST</scope><scope>PQQKQ</scope><scope>PQUKI</scope><scope>PRINS</scope><scope>PTHSS</scope><scope>PYCSY</scope><scope>RC3</scope><scope>7X8</scope><scope>5PM</scope><scope>DOA</scope></search><sort><creationdate>20131016</creationdate><title>Obesity and occupational injury: a prospective cohort study of 69,515 public sector employees</title><author>Kouvonen, Anne ; Kivimäki, Mika ; Oksanen, Tuula ; Pentti, Jaana ; De Vogli, Roberto ; Virtanen, Marianna ; Vahtera, Jussi</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c692t-22ce2de6a43a7c2f9da614b6a16365bbebaf0c3b7998aaeb95ad59d52124c8c03</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2013</creationdate><topic>Adolescent</topic><topic>Adult</topic><topic>Age Factors</topic><topic>Aged</topic><topic>Aggression</topic><topic>Analysis</topic><topic>Body mass</topic><topic>Body Mass Index</topic><topic>Body size</topic><topic>Body weight</topic><topic>Cohort analysis</topic><topic>Concussion</topic><topic>Demographics</topic><topic>Dislocations</topic><topic>Employees</topic><topic>Epidemiology</topic><topic>Extremities</topic><topic>Female</topic><topic>Finland - epidemiology</topic><topic>Follow-Up Studies</topic><topic>Fractures</topic><topic>Government employees</topic><topic>Health risks</topic><topic>Humans</topic><topic>Injuries</topic><topic>Injury analysis</topic><topic>Insomnia</topic><topic>Male</topic><topic>Mental health</topic><topic>Middle Aged</topic><topic>Obesity</topic><topic>Obesity - complications</topic><topic>Occupational accidents</topic><topic>Occupational health</topic><topic>Occupational Injuries - complications</topic><topic>Occupational Injuries - epidemiology</topic><topic>Occupational safety</topic><topic>Overweight</topic><topic>Personal injuries</topic><topic>Physical stress</topic><topic>Proportional Hazards Models</topic><topic>Prospective Studies</topic><topic>Public sector</topic><topic>Public Sector - statistics & numerical data</topic><topic>Risk analysis</topic><topic>Risk Factors</topic><topic>Risk taking</topic><topic>Sleep</topic><topic>Sleep disorders</topic><topic>Socioeconomic Factors</topic><topic>Studies</topic><topic>Surveys</topic><topic>Violence</topic><topic>Work related injuries</topic><topic>Young Adult</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Kouvonen, Anne</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Kivimäki, Mika</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Oksanen, Tuula</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Pentti, Jaana</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>De Vogli, Roberto</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Virtanen, Marianna</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Vahtera, Jussi</creatorcontrib><collection>Medline</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>MEDLINE (Ovid)</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>PubMed</collection><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints</collection><collection>Gale In Context: Science</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Corporate)</collection><collection>Animal Behavior Abstracts</collection><collection>Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B)</collection><collection>Biotechnology Research Abstracts</collection><collection>Nursing & Allied Health Database</collection><collection>Ecology Abstracts</collection><collection>Entomology Abstracts (Full archive)</collection><collection>Immunology Abstracts</collection><collection>Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts</collection><collection>Nucleic Acids Abstracts</collection><collection>Virology and AIDS Abstracts</collection><collection>Agricultural Science Collection</collection><collection>Health & Medical Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>Medical Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Pharma Collection</collection><collection>Public Health Database</collection><collection>Technology Research Database</collection><collection>ProQuest SciTech Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Technology Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Natural Science Collection</collection><collection>Hospital Premium Collection</collection><collection>Hospital Premium Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>Materials Science & Engineering Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Sustainability</collection><collection>ProQuest Central UK/Ireland</collection><collection>Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection</collection><collection>Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Essentials</collection><collection>Biological Science Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>Technology Collection</collection><collection>Natural Science Collection</collection><collection>Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management</collection><collection>ProQuest One Community College</collection><collection>ProQuest Materials Science Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Korea</collection><collection>Engineering Research Database</collection><collection>Health Research Premium Collection</collection><collection>Health Research Premium Collection (Alumni)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Student</collection><collection>AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts</collection><collection>SciTech Premium Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Health & Medical Complete (Alumni)</collection><collection>Materials Science Database</collection><collection>Nursing & Allied Health Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts - Academic</collection><collection>ProQuest Engineering Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Biological Science Collection</collection><collection>Agricultural Science Database</collection><collection>Health & Medical Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Medical Database</collection><collection>Algology Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C)</collection><collection>Biological Science Database</collection><collection>Engineering Database</collection><collection>Nursing & Allied Health Premium</collection><collection>Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database</collection><collection>ProQuest Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection</collection><collection>Biotechnology and BioEngineering Abstracts</collection><collection>Environmental Science Database</collection><collection>Materials Science Collection</collection><collection>Publicly Available Content Database</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition</collection><collection>ProQuest Central China</collection><collection>Engineering Collection</collection><collection>Environmental Science Collection</collection><collection>Genetics Abstracts</collection><collection>MEDLINE - Academic</collection><collection>PubMed Central (Full Participant titles)</collection><collection>DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals</collection><jtitle>PloS one</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Kouvonen, Anne</au><au>Kivimäki, Mika</au><au>Oksanen, Tuula</au><au>Pentti, Jaana</au><au>De Vogli, Roberto</au><au>Virtanen, Marianna</au><au>Vahtera, Jussi</au><au>Zhang, Harry</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Obesity and occupational injury: a prospective cohort study of 69,515 public sector employees</atitle><jtitle>PloS one</jtitle><addtitle>PLoS One</addtitle><date>2013-10-16</date><risdate>2013</risdate><volume>8</volume><issue>10</issue><spage>e77178</spage><epage>e77178</epage><pages>e77178-e77178</pages><issn>1932-6203</issn><eissn>1932-6203</eissn><abstract>Obesity and overweight are suggested to increase the risk of occupational injury but longitudinal evidence to confirm this is rare. We sought to evaluate obesity and overweight as risk factors for occupational injuries.
A total of 69,515 public sector employees (80% women) responded to a survey in 2000-2002, 2004 or 2008. Body mass index (kg/m(2)) was derived from self-reported height and weight and was linked to records of subsequent occupational injuries obtained from national registers. Different injury types, locations and events or exposures (the manner in which the injury was produced or inflicted) were analyzed by body mass index category adjusting for baseline socio-demographic characteristics, work characteristics, health-risk behaviors, physical and mental health, insomnia symptoms, and sleep duration. During the mean follow-up of 7.8 years (SD = 3.2), 18% of the employees (N = 12,204) recorded at least one occupational injury. Obesity was associated with a higher overall risk of occupational injury; multivariable adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 1.21 (95% CI 1.14-1.27). A relationship was observed for bone fractures (HR = 1.37; 95% CI: 1.10-1.70), dislocations, sprains and strains (HR = 1.36; 95% CI: 1.25-1.49), concussions and internal injuries (HR = 1.26; 95% CI: 1.11-1.44), injuries to lower extremities (HR = 1.62; 95%: 1.46-1.79) and injuries to whole body or multiple sites (HR = 1.37; 95%: 1.10-1.70). Furthermore, obesity was associated with a higher risk of injuries caused by slipping, tripping, stumbling and falling (HR = 1.55; 95% CI: 1.40-1.73), sudden body movement with or without physical stress (HR = 1.24; 95% CI: 1.10-1.41) and shock, fright, violence, aggression, threat or unexpected presence (HR = 1.33; 95% CI: 1.03-1.72). The magnitude of the associations between overweight and injuries was smaller, but the associations were generally in the same direction as those of obesity.
Obese employees record more occupational injuries than those with recommended healthy weight.</abstract><cop>United States</cop><pub>Public Library of Science</pub><pmid>24146966</pmid><doi>10.1371/journal.pone.0077178</doi><tpages>e77178</tpages><oa>free_for_read</oa></addata></record> |
| fulltext | fulltext |
| identifier | ISSN: 1932-6203 |
| ispartof | PloS one, 2013-10, Vol.8 (10), p.e77178-e77178 |
| issn | 1932-6203 1932-6203 |
| language | eng |
| recordid | cdi_plos_journals_1442465721 |
| source | MEDLINE; DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals; Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek - Frei zugängliche E-Journals; Public Library of Science (PLoS); PubMed Central; Free Full-Text Journals in Chemistry |
| subjects | Adolescent Adult Age Factors Aged Aggression Analysis Body mass Body Mass Index Body size Body weight Cohort analysis Concussion Demographics Dislocations Employees Epidemiology Extremities Female Finland - epidemiology Follow-Up Studies Fractures Government employees Health risks Humans Injuries Injury analysis Insomnia Male Mental health Middle Aged Obesity Obesity - complications Occupational accidents Occupational health Occupational Injuries - complications Occupational Injuries - epidemiology Occupational safety Overweight Personal injuries Physical stress Proportional Hazards Models Prospective Studies Public sector Public Sector - statistics & numerical data Risk analysis Risk Factors Risk taking Sleep Sleep disorders Socioeconomic Factors Studies Surveys Violence Work related injuries Young Adult |
| title | Obesity and occupational injury: a prospective cohort study of 69,515 public sector employees |
| url | https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-09T20%3A30%3A59IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-gale_plos_&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Obesity%20and%20occupational%20injury:%20a%20prospective%20cohort%20study%20of%2069,515%20public%20sector%20employees&rft.jtitle=PloS%20one&rft.au=Kouvonen,%20Anne&rft.date=2013-10-16&rft.volume=8&rft.issue=10&rft.spage=e77178&rft.epage=e77178&rft.pages=e77178-e77178&rft.issn=1932-6203&rft.eissn=1932-6203&rft_id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0077178&rft_dat=%3Cgale_plos_%3EA478246525%3C/gale_plos_%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=1442465721&rft_id=info:pmid/24146966&rft_galeid=A478246525&rft_doaj_id=oai_doaj_org_article_1d1a75be600a48d2853b09b86f8543b8&rfr_iscdi=true |