[Relationship between shift work and overweight/obesity in male steel workers]

Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2016 Nov 10;37(11):1468-1472. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2016.11.007.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the relationship between shift work and overweight/obesity in male steel workers. Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted among the male steel workers selected during health examination in Tangshan Steel Company from March 2015 to March 2016. The relationship between shift work and overweight/obesity in the male steel workers were analyzed by using logistic regression model and restricted cubic splinemodel. Results: A total of 7 262 male steel workers were surveyed, the overall prevalence of overweight/obesitywas 64.5% (4 686/7 262), the overweight rate was 34.3% and the obesity rate was 30.2%, respectively. After adjusting for age, educational level and average family income level per month by multivariable logistic regression analysis, shift work was associated with overweight/obesity and obesity in the male steel workers. The OR was 1.19(95% CI: 1.05-1.35) and 1.15(95% CI: 1.00-1.32). Restricted cubic spline model analysis showed that the relationship between shift work years and overweight/obesity in the male steel workers was a nonlinear dose response one (nonlinear test χ2=7.43, P<0.05). Restricted cubic spline model analysis showed that the relationship between shift work years and obesity in the male steel workers was a nonlinear dose response one (nonlinear test χ2=10.48, P<0.05). Conclusion: Shift work was associated with overweight and obesity in the male steel workers, and shift work years and overweight/obesity had a nonlinear relationship.

MeSH terms

  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Obesity*
  • Overweight*
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors
  • Steel
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Work Schedule Tolerance

Substances

  • Steel