TY - JOUR
T1 - Mortality benefit of participation in BOOCS program
T2 - A follow-up study for 15 years in a Japanese Working Population
AU - Hoshuyama, Tsutomu
AU - Odashiro, Keita
AU - Fukata, Mitsuhiro
AU - Maruyama, Toru
AU - Saito, Kazuyuki
AU - Wakana, Chikako
AU - Fukumitsu, Michiko
AU - Fujino, Takehiko
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 by American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - Objective: This study aims to demonstrate the protective effect on mortality among participants of a health education program, Brain-Oriented Obesity Control System (BOOCS). Methods: A quasi-experimentally designed, 15-year (1993 to 2007) follow-up study was conducted with a total of 13,835 male and 7791 female Japanese workers. They were divided into three groups: participants in the program (1565 males and 742 females), nonparticipant comparative obese controls (1230 males and 605 females), and nonparticipant reference subjects (11,012 males and 6426 females). Hazard ratios were calculated with survival curves drawn to evaluate the mortality effects by the program participation. Results: The male participants showed significantly lower mortality risk for all causes of death at hazard ratio = 0.54 (95% confidence interval: 0.31 to 0.94) with significantly different survival curves (P = 0.014 by log-rank test) than obese controls. Conclusions: The results support a protective effect on mortality by participating in BOOCS program.
AB - Objective: This study aims to demonstrate the protective effect on mortality among participants of a health education program, Brain-Oriented Obesity Control System (BOOCS). Methods: A quasi-experimentally designed, 15-year (1993 to 2007) follow-up study was conducted with a total of 13,835 male and 7791 female Japanese workers. They were divided into three groups: participants in the program (1565 males and 742 females), nonparticipant comparative obese controls (1230 males and 605 females), and nonparticipant reference subjects (11,012 males and 6426 females). Hazard ratios were calculated with survival curves drawn to evaluate the mortality effects by the program participation. Results: The male participants showed significantly lower mortality risk for all causes of death at hazard ratio = 0.54 (95% confidence interval: 0.31 to 0.94) with significantly different survival curves (P = 0.014 by log-rank test) than obese controls. Conclusions: The results support a protective effect on mortality by participating in BOOCS program.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000399
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000399
M3 - Article
C2 - 25634811
AN - SCOPUS:84983579937
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 57
SP - 246
EP - 250
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 3
ER -
