Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases at Baseline and Their Short-Term Changes in a Workplace Cohort in Singapore

Thirunavukkarasu Sathish; Gerard Dunleavy; Michael Soljak; Nanthini Visvalingam; Nuraini Nazeha; Ushashree Divakar; Ram Bajpai; null Thuan-Quoc Thach; Kei L. Cheung; Hein de Vries; Chee-Kiong Soh; Georgios Christopoulos; Josip Car

doi:10.3390/ijerph16224551

Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases at Baseline and Their Short-Term Changes in a Workplace Cohort in Singapore

Thirunavukkarasu Sathish^*, Gerard Dunleavy, Michael Soljak, Nanthini Visvalingam, Nuraini Nazeha, Ushashree Divakar, Ram Bajpai, Thuan-Quoc Thach, Kei L. Cheung, Hein de Vries, Chee-Kiong Soh, Georgios Christopoulos, Josip Car

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We aimed to examine the behavioural and clinical risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at baseline and their changes over 12 months in a workplace cohort in Singapore. A total of 464 full-time employees (age >= 21 years) were recruited from a variety of occupational settings, including offices, control rooms, and workshops. Of these, 424 (91.4%) were followed-up at three months and 334 (72.0%) were followed up at 12 months. Standardized questionnaires were used to collect data on health behaviours and clinical measurements were performed by trained staff using standard instruments and protocols. Age-adjusted changes in risk factors over time were examined using generalized estimating equations or linear mixed-effects models where appropriate. The mean age of the participants at baseline was 39.0 (SD: 11.4) years and 79.5% were men. Nearly a quarter (24.4%) were current smokers, slightly more than half (53.5%) were alcohol drinkers, two-thirds (66%) were consuming

Original language	English
Article number	4551
Number of pages	11
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume	16
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224551
Publication status	Published - 18 Nov 2019

Keywords

cohort study
workplace
chronic disease
risk factors
Singapore
HEALTH
OUTCOMES
PROGRAM
IMPACT

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Sathish, T., Dunleavy, G., Soljak, M., Visvalingam, N., Nazeha, N., Divakar, U., Bajpai, R., Thuan-Quoc Thach, Cheung, K. L., de Vries, H., Soh, C-K., Christopoulos, G., & Car, J. (2019). Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases at Baseline and Their Short-Term Changes in a Workplace Cohort in Singapore. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(22), [4551]. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224551

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