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P Salonen

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PubMed2003

Factors associated with premature departure from working life among ageing food industry employees.

AIM: To find out how health status, work ability and job-related factors were associated with premature departure from working life in an 11 year follow-up period. METHODS: The study population was composed of 126 ageing food industry employees. Baseline data were derived from medical examinations and self-completed questionnaires in 1989. The follow-up data were collected in 2000. Data analyses were performed by independent samples t-tests and Mann-Whitney and chi(2) tests. RESULTS: Several chronic diseases, higher degree of work impairment due to diseases, long-term sickness absence, stress symptoms, low scores in work ability index, poor subjective work ability and physical work ability, and heavy physical workload seemed to be factors associated with early departure from working life among ageing food industry employees. CONCLUSION: Identification of these factors, prevention of sickness and promotion of work ability seem to be the most important tools to reduce premature exit from working life.

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Associations of health, dietary and job-related factors, and mental problems with cardiovascular diseases in aging.

BACKGROUND: While cardiovascular diseases are prevalent in aging population, associations between different factors and cardiovascular diseases are less studied or inconsistency still exists. AIM: To determine which factors measured at baseline predicted overall cardiovascular diseases and hypertension, and which factors were currently associated with these conditions. METHODS: Based on a sample of aging and retired food industry employees (N = 100, mean age 62 years) associations of health, dietary and job-related factors and mental problems with overall cardiovascular morbidity and hypertension were assessed with independent samples t-test, chi2 test and binary logistic regression analyses. Data were derived from health examinations and self-completed questionnaires in 1989 and 2000. RESULTS: Added medical findings, related to cardiovascular diseases, appeared as predictor of overall cardiovascular morbidity, while elevated blood pressure together with high systolic and diastolic pressure, dyslipidemia and elevated blood pressure together, added medical findings, and inability to enjoy daily activities predicted hypertension. According to our analyses most significant current associations with overall cardiovascular morbidity were feeling of weakness, dyspnoea, hopelessness about the future, cardiac arrhythmia, chronic mental stress and lower HDL cholesterol, and with hypertension metabolic syndrome, lower HDL cholesterol, hopelessness about the future and muscular fatigue on exertion. CONCLUSIONS: Health factors were most important predictors of hypertension during a long-term period, while health factors together with mental problems had significant current associations with overall cardiovascular morbidity including hypertension.

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