Study on Labor and Health Problems of the Middle and High Aged in Rural Districts; from the view point of laboratory blood findings
10.2185/jjrm.33.721
- VernacularTitle:秋田県農村における中高年者の労働負担と健康とくに血液性状との関連に関する研究
- Author:
Kiichi KAISHIO
;
Kanji KOMATSU
;
Shioko SASAKI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
1984;33(4):721-731
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
We have examined the influence labor causing upon health for inhabitants at Yuri district in Akita prefecture. Labor was defined in the light of the following factors ; style of agricultural management, field space, working days, working time a day, etc. Health was defined in the light of the following factors; red blood cell, hemoglobin, cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol, fast blood sugar, choline estelase, GPT, uric acid, alkaline phosphatase, obesity rate and blood pressure. 1) We discovered that in case of male workers the great amount of labor they engaged in, the higher level average index of HDL-ch and GPT reached. As the labor amount increases more numbers of patient appears with abnormality in choline estelase. We have not observed the similar tendency for female.
2) As the labor amount decrease (a) in case of male workers the average index gets higher in cholesterol, triglyceride, FBS and choline estelase, (b) in case of female workers the average index gets higher in triglyceride, FBS, choline estelase, uric acid and albumin. As the labor amount decreases (a) in case of male workers abnormality rate increases in choline estelase, triglyceride and HDL-ch, (b) in case of female Hb, HDL-ch, cholesterol and obesity. 3) For inhabitants over 70 years old male or female those living in plain and open field (Nishime town) are more active and show the lower percentage of getting ill than those in mountains (Higashiyuri town).
