Hospital admissions due to endocrine diseases in Korean male firefighters
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between occupational exposure to various hazards and hospital admission due to endocrine diseases in Korean male firefighters. METHODS: From 2000 to 2008, former and current male firefighters registered in the Korean National Emergency Management Agency were investigated based on their hospitalized health insurance admission data for the same period. Admission data for endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases were obtained from the Korean National Health Insurance Service database. Standardized admission ratio (SAR) with reference to the general population of Korean men was analyzed. RESULTS: SAR for firefighters with endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases was 0.56 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.49-0.65), which was significantly less than that of the general population of Korean men. For those with endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases, SARs for those with a history of fire suppression tasks and those without experience of fire suppression tasks were 0.58 (95% CI: 0.49-0.68) and 0.53 (95% CI: 0.40-0.70), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The admission rate of Korean male firefighters due to endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases was significantly lower than that of the general Korean men population, the hazardous potential of endocrine disruptors remains an open question. Further studies of firefighters with longer follow-up are needed.
- All Author(s)
- S. Ryu
; Y. J. Lee
; E. C. Jang
; S. C. Kwon
; K. Kim
; Y. S. Ahn
; Y. S. Min
- Issued Date
- 2021
- Type
- Article
- Keyword
- Admission; Endocrine disease; Endocrine disruptors; Firefighters
- Publisher
- 대한직업환경의학회
- ISSN
- 2052-4374
- Citation Title
- Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Citation Volume
- 33
- Citation Number
- 1
- Citation Start Page
- e32
- Citation End Page
- e32
- Language(ISO)
- eng
- DOI
- 10.35371/aoem.2021.33.e32
- URI
- http://schca-ir.schmc.ac.kr/handle/2022.oak/1392
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