TY - JOUR T1 - Socioeconomic status, workplace characteristics and plasma fibrinogen level of Japanese male employees JO - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health PY - 2001/8VL - 27 IS - 4 SP - 287 EP - 291 AU - Ishizaki, Masao AU - Martikainen, Pekka AU - Nakagawa, Hideaki AU - Marmot, Michael AU - The Japan Work Stress and Health Cohort Study GroupM3 - doi: 10.5271/sjweh.616 UR - https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=616 KW - employee KW - employment grade KW - Japan KW - job demand-control KW - male KW - overtime KW - plasma fibrinogen level KW - socioeconomic status KW - workplace characteristics N2 - '

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OBJECTIVES ': 'This study examined the relationships between workplace characteristics and plasma fibrinogen level and assessed the possibility of socioeconomic differences in plasma fibrinogen level being accounted for by workplace characteristics.

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METHODS ': 'Cross-sectional questionnaire data from 4343 Japanese male employees were examined with Karasek`s demand-control model, as was sedentary job and overtime work.

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RESULTS ': 'Less overtime work, a less sedentary job, and to a less extent, lower job control and low worksite support were related to increased plasma fibrinogen levels. Adjusting for employment grade strongly attenuated or eliminated these relationships. The association of job demands or job strain with plasma fibrinogen level was weak. High plasma fibrinogen in lower socioeconomic groups remained largely unchanged after adjustment for workplace characteristics.

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CONCLUSIONS ': 'Workplace characteristics are not significantly related to the plasma fibrinogen levels of male Japanese employees after adjustment for socioeconomic status, and they do not explain socioeconomic differences in plasma fibrinogen levels among these employees.

SN - 0355-3140 ER -