Andropause symptoms and sickness absence in Japanese male workers: a prospective study
| Autor: | Yasuhito Fujii, Kumi Hirokawa, Akizumi Tsutsumi, Jiro Takaki, Toshiyo Taniguchi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male
medicine.medical_specialty Sickness absence business.industry 030232 urology & nephrology 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Baseline survey medicine.disease Andropause Male workers 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Testosterone deficiency Japan Internal medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Testosterone Prospective Studies Geriatrics and Gerontology Prospective cohort study business andropause |
| Zdroj: | The aging male : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of the Aging Male. 23(5) |
| ISSN: | 1473-0790 |
| Popis: | The purpose of the study was to investigate the association between andropause symptoms and sickness absence in Japanese male workers over 2 years.A baseline survey asking about andropause symptoms, along with blood sampling for testosterone level, was conducted in June 2009. A total of 418 men (mean age = 52.4 years, SD = 8.6) participated and were followed through 2011. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for sickness absence were calculated using Cox proportional hazard models.During the follow-up period, 31 of 35 participants who took sickness absences had physical illnesses. A higher andropause symptom score was associated with an increased risk of sickness absence. Testosterone deficiency (350 ng/dL) was not associated with sickness absence. Among the subscales of andropause symptoms, the somatic symptom score was positively associated with sickness absence, whereas testosterone deficiency combined with high sexual symptoms was not associated with sickness absence. Results were similar when limited to sickness absence because of physical illness. No significant interaction between andropause symptoms and testosterone deficiency was found.Non-specific andropause symptoms unrelated to testosterone deficiency were positively associated with sickness absence. |
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