1. Health status of workers approximately 60 years of age and the risk of early death after compulsory retirement: A cohort study
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Hideaki Nakagawa, Yuchi Naruse, Kazuhiro Nogawa, Koji Nogawa, Yasushi Suwazono, Yuko Morikawa, Motoko Nakashima, Masao Ishizaki, Teruhiko Kido, Masaru Sakurai, and Katsuyuki Miura
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Male ,Health Status ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Cohort Studies ,elderly workers ,Japan ,Risk Factors ,Cause of Death ,cohort study ,medicine ,Humans ,Mortality ,Risk factor ,compulsory retirement ,Proportional Hazards Models ,Retirement ,business.industry ,Hazard ratio ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Original Articles ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Obesity ,Confidence interval ,all‐cause mortality ,risk factor ,Smoking cessation ,Original Article ,Female ,Metabolic syndrome ,business ,Dyslipidemia ,Cohort study ,Demography - Abstract
Objectives The increasing number of working elderly people has enhanced the importance of workplace health promotion activities. We investigated the association between the health status of workers approximately 60 years of age and the risk of all‐cause mortality after compulsory retirement in Japan. Methods The 2026 participants (1299 males and 727 females) had retired from a metal‐products factory at ≥60 years of age. Baseline health examinations were conducted at 60 years of age and included questions about medical history and lifestyle factors; the participants also underwent a physical examination. The participants were followed up annually by mail for an average of 7.4 years. The association between health status at age 60 years and the risk of all‐cause mortality was assessed by Cox proportional hazards regression analysis. Results During the study, 71 deaths were reported. The age‐ and sex‐adjusted hazard ratio (HR [95% confidence interval]) for all‐cause mortality was higher for males (HR, 3.41 [1.73‐6.69]) compared with females, participants with a low body mass index (
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- 2019