OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to examine stress affecting the life style(such as alcohol consumption, smoking, exercise, sleep disturbance, obesity), and to determine the relationships among the stress, life style and health status of in industrial employees. METHODS: This study utilized the data from health survey and laboratory test(such as liver enzymes and lipid profiles) in 463 Industrial Employees. Psychosocial wellbeing index was used in stress scales. The data were analyzed using SAS version 6. 11, LISREL version 8. 12i and PRELIS 2, 12i. The analytic methods for study were chi-square analysis, anova and covariance structural analysis. RESULTS: There was no significant relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and stress. The older person, married, higher education level, higher economic status and researcher group included the good life style. The higher streas groups included the more alcohol consumption, more smoking, less exercise and more sleep disturbance. There was no significant relationship between stress and health status(liver enzymes and lipid profiles) Alcohol consumption, less exercise and obesity had a significant relationship with abnormal liver enzymes. Alcohol consumption, smoking, less exercise, sleep disturbance and obesity had a significant relationship with abnormal lipid profiles. Based on the findings, the structural model of stress, life style and health status was established and then consider to socio-demographic characteristics the covariance structural analysis was used. The higher stress scores included the bad life style. The bad life style included the lower health status. Regardless stress, obesity was significant relationship with health status. CONCLUSIONS: Control of stress was initiative clues in health-promotive behaviors. Less alcohol consumption, no smoking, regular exercise, no sleep disturbance and not obese were health-promotive behaviors. Stress influenced the life style, and then life style influenced the health status.
Alcohol Drinking ; Education ; Health Surveys ; Humans ; Life Style ; Liver ; Models, Structural* ; Obesity ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Spouses ; Stress, Psychological* ; Weights and Measures

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Child* ; Glomerulonephritis* ; Humans ; Nephrotic Syndrome* ; Plasma* ; Renin*

A 36-year old man with neck pain developed an acute cervical prevertebral hematoma after acupuncture therapy at an oriental medicine hospital. MR imaging demonstrated a fluid collection, and this suggested a diagnosis of retropharyngeal hematoma, and the patient was managed conservatively. We report here on a case of a retropharyngeal hematoma following acupuncture therapy and we review the relevant literature.
Acupuncture ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Hematoma ; Humans ; Medicine, East Asian Traditional ; Neck Pain

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Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal*

Correction of funding statement.

This erratum is being published to correct of affiliation and add an acknowledgement.

Correction of funding statement.

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Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Interleukins* ; Sepsis* ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha*

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Rectocele*