제 6기 국민건강영양조사 자료(2015)를 활용한 대사증후군 유병과 근로시간에 관한 연구

There are an increasing number of reports that job related factors are associated with hypertension, sleep deprivation,obesity and diabetes. This study analyzed the relationship of working type, working hours and the prevalence of metabolicsyndrome. The study’s subjects were 2,777 employees (1,446 males and 1,331 females) over 19 years old and their datawas from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Survey (2015). The type of work was divided into day work and shiftwork. The working hours were divided into less than 40 hours, 40 to 49 hours, 50 to 59 hours and 60 hours or more perweek. As a result of this study, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 26.4% of the males and 19.1% of the females. Generally there was no relationship between metabolic syndrome and type of work (day work and shift work). As a resultof analysis of working hours and metabolic syndrome, the workers who worked 40-49 hr were associated with a decreasedprevalence of metabolic syndrome as compared to that of workers who worked less than 40 hr (odds ratio: 0.47, 95%confidence interval: 0.24-0.95, p<0.05). Further, positive relationships were found between the number of work hours andthe prevalence metabolic syndrome for specific females who worked over 40 hr/wk. It can be concluded from the results thatit is important to help workers avoid metabolic syndrome through setting appropriate work hours.