Association between smoking and height loss in Japanese workers: A retrospective study.
Height loss is reported to be an independent risk factor for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Smoking, which is responsible for a considerable proportion of deaths due to any cause, is also associated with lumbar disc degeneration, a major risk factor for height loss. Therefore, smoking could...
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| author | Yuji Shimizu Nagisa Sasaki Hidenobu Hayakawa Eiko Honda Midori Takada Takeo Okada Tetsuya Ohira |
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| description | Height loss is reported to be an independent risk factor for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Smoking, which is responsible for a considerable proportion of deaths due to any cause, is also associated with lumbar disc degeneration, a major risk factor for height loss. Therefore, smoking could be an independent risk factor for height loss. To clarify the association between smoking status and height loss, a retrospective study with 8,984 (5,518 men and 3,466 women) Japanese workers was conducted. The present study population comprised 9,681 workers aged 40-74 years who participated in annual medical examinations between 2011 and 2017 (baseline). Subjects without a height measurement during 2012-2018 (endpoint) were excluded from the analysis (n = 697). Height loss was defined as being in the highest quartile of annul height decrease (1.48 mm/year for men and 1.79 mm/year for women). Independent of known cardiovascular risk factors, smoking was positively associated with height loss among men but not among women. With never smokers as the referent group, the adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval) was 1.15 (0.98, 1.35) for former smokers and 1.24 (1.05, 1.46) for current smokers among men, respectively. Among women, the corresponding values were 0.98 (0.79, 1.21) and 0.90 (0.71, 1.16), respectively. Since height loss and smoking are independent risk factors for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, these results help clarify the mechanisms underlying the association between height loss and mortality risk. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d45acbe485e44f5486a005fceaca83612024-02-21T05:31:46ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-01192e029812110.1371/journal.pone.0298121Association between smoking and height loss in Japanese workers: A retrospective study.Yuji ShimizuNagisa SasakiHidenobu HayakawaEiko HondaMidori TakadaTakeo OkadaTetsuya OhiraHeight loss is reported to be an independent risk factor for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Smoking, which is responsible for a considerable proportion of deaths due to any cause, is also associated with lumbar disc degeneration, a major risk factor for height loss. Therefore, smoking could be an independent risk factor for height loss. To clarify the association between smoking status and height loss, a retrospective study with 8,984 (5,518 men and 3,466 women) Japanese workers was conducted. The present study population comprised 9,681 workers aged 40-74 years who participated in annual medical examinations between 2011 and 2017 (baseline). Subjects without a height measurement during 2012-2018 (endpoint) were excluded from the analysis (n = 697). Height loss was defined as being in the highest quartile of annul height decrease (1.48 mm/year for men and 1.79 mm/year for women). Independent of known cardiovascular risk factors, smoking was positively associated with height loss among men but not among women. With never smokers as the referent group, the adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval) was 1.15 (0.98, 1.35) for former smokers and 1.24 (1.05, 1.46) for current smokers among men, respectively. Among women, the corresponding values were 0.98 (0.79, 1.21) and 0.90 (0.71, 1.16), respectively. Since height loss and smoking are independent risk factors for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, these results help clarify the mechanisms underlying the association between height loss and mortality risk.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0298121&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Yuji Shimizu Nagisa Sasaki Hidenobu Hayakawa Eiko Honda Midori Takada Takeo Okada Tetsuya Ohira Association between smoking and height loss in Japanese workers: A retrospective study. PLoS ONE |
| title | Association between smoking and height loss in Japanese workers: A retrospective study. |
| title_full | Association between smoking and height loss in Japanese workers: A retrospective study. |
| title_fullStr | Association between smoking and height loss in Japanese workers: A retrospective study. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between smoking and height loss in Japanese workers: A retrospective study. |
| title_short | Association between smoking and height loss in Japanese workers: A retrospective study. |
| title_sort | association between smoking and height loss in japanese workers a retrospective study |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0298121&type=printable |
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