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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 101845 |
| CIS number |
03-653 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0019-8366 - Industrial Health |
| Year |
2002 |
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| Author(s) |
Nakanishi N., Sato M., Shirai K., Nakajima K., Murakami S., Takatorige T., Suzuki K., Tatara K. |
| Title |
Associations between white blood cell count and features of the metabolic syndrome in Japanese male office workers |
| Bibliographic information |
July 2002, Vol.40, No.3, p.273-277. 15 ref. |
| Abstract |
In this study, the association of white blood cell (WBC) count with different components of metabolic syndrome (MS) was assessed in 5275 male Japanese office workers aged between 23 and 59. There was a significant correlation between WBC count and body mass index, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, total cholesterol, high-density lipoproteins, triglycerides, fasting plasma glucose and uric acid. After controlling for potential confounding factors, the adjusted means of WBC count were significantly higher in subjects with each feature of the MS (obesity, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, low high-density lipoprotein levels, hypertriglyceridaemia, high fasting plasma glucose levels and hyperuricaemia). The adjusted WBC count increments in subjects with 1, 2, 3, 4, and ≥5 features of the MS were 0.28, 0.45, 0.68, 0.76, and 1.40x109 cells/L, respectively, compared with the subjects without features of the MS. These data indicate a strong association between WBC count and a number of disorders characterizing the MS among Japanese men. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
leukocytes; risk factors; office work; metabolic diseases |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
hypertension; Japan; lipoproteins; cholesterol; blood sugar level; smoking; obesity; confounding factors; uric acid |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Japan |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Metabolic diseases
Office work
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