TY - JOUR T1 - Estimation of the benchmark duration of alternating shift work associated with increased total cholesterol levels among male Japanese workers JO - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health PY - 2010/3VL - 36 IS - 2 SP - 142 EP - 149 AU - Suwazono, Yasushi AU - Uetani, Mirei AU - Oishi, Mitsuhiro AU - Tanaka, Kumihiko AU - Morimoto, Hideki AU - Nakada, Satoru AU - Sakata, Kouichi M3 - doi: 10.5271/sjweh.2893 UR - https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=2893 KW - alternating shift work KW - benchmark KW - benchmark duration KW - cholesterol KW - cholesterol level KW - circadian rhythm KW - cohort study KW - health KW - health KW - hypercholesterolemia KW - Japan KW - lipid metabolism KW - male KW - man KW - men KW - shift work KW - total cholesterol level KW - worker N2 - '

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OBJECTIVE ': 'The aim of this study was to estimate the benchmark doses (BMD) and their 95% lower confidence limits (BMDL) for the threshold number of years of alternating shift work associated with a relative increase in serum total cholesterol level (T-Cho), as an index of lipid metabolism.

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METHODS ': 'We conducted a 14-year prospective cohort study among male workers (N=6886) at a Japanese steel company who had received annual health check-ups between 1991 and 2005. The endpoints were either a 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 or 45% increase in T-Cho levels during the observation period, compared to T-Cho at baseline. We investigated the associations between the years of alternating shift work and the relative increases in T-Cho using pooled logistic regression, adjusted for other potential covariates.

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RESULTS ': 'We estimated the BMDL and BMD for years of alternating shift work among 40-, 50-, or >50-year old subjects using benchmark responses (BMR) of 5 or 10% and parameters for the duration of alternating shift work and other covariates. Assuming a mean age of 44 years among workers in their 40s, the BMDL/BMD for years of alternating shift work with a BMR of 5% were 21.0/28.0 (≥20%), 21.3/26.1 (≥25%), 24.1/28.8 (≥30%), 25.6/29.8 (≥35%), 27.1/31.5 (≥40%), and 27.7/32.1 (≥45%).

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CONCLUSIONS ': 'The threshold number of years of alternating shift work that caused a 5% increase in T-Cho was shown to be ≥21 years among middle-aged workers. Special attention should be paid to influence the process at an earlier stage and not when the risk has already materialized.

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