Working hours are associated with acute myocardial infarction in Japan
Extremely long working hours are suspected of increasing the risk of
sudden death from too much occupational stress. Few studies, however,
have examined whether long working hours and a change in working hours
influence the risk of acute myocardial infarction. In their
case-control study Sokejima and Kagamimori (p 775) found a U shaped
association between mean monthly working hours and the risk of acute
myocardial infarction. In addition, there seemed to be a trend for the
risk to increase with greater increases in working hours. Further study
is necessary to clarify the mechanism for the U shaped association and
its influence on the low morbidity and mortality from acute myocardial
infarction in Japan.
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