BMI and Medically Certified Long-Term Sickness Absence Among Japanese Employees.

Motoki Endo Yosuke Inoue Keisuke Kuwahara Chihiro Nishiura Ai HoriTakayuki OgasawaraMiwa YamaguchiTohru NakagawaToru HondaShuichiro YamamotoHiroko OkazakiTeppei ImaiAkiko NishiharaToshiaki MiyamotoNaoki KunugitaAkihiko UeharaMakoto YamamotoTaizo MurakamiMakiko ShimizuMasafumi EguchiTakeshi KochiSatsue NagahamaKentaro TomitaNaoki KunugitaTakeshi TanigawaMaki KonishiAkiko NanriIsamu KabeTetsuya MizoueSeitaro Dohinull null

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2020)

In a cohort of the Japanese working-age population, both obesity and underweight were associated with a greater risk of LTSA in males. Future research should not overlook the excess risk of LTSA associated with underweight.

Keyphrases

weight gain
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
body mass index
weight loss
type diabetes
current status
high fat diet induced
skeletal muscle