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Varanka-Ruuska, Tuulia MD; Rautio, Nina PhD; Sebert, Sylvain PhD; Ala-Mursula, Leena PhD. Glucose Metabolism in Midlife Is Associated With Preceding 30-Year Employment Trajectories: A Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 65(2):p 104-112, February 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002732

Glucose metabolism in midlife is associated with preceding 30-year employment trajectories : a Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study

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Author: Varanka-Ruuska, Tuulia1; Rautio, Nina1; Sebert, Sylvain1;
Organizations: 1Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Format: article
Version: accepted version
Access: embargoed
Persistent link: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2023053049491
Language: English
Published: Wolters Kluwer, 2023
Publish Date: 2023-10-18
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Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study is to evaluate how glucose metabolism in midlife is related to preceding 30-year-long employment trajectories.

Methods: In the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966, we compared glucose metabolism at 46 to employment trajectories (previously defined for men and women and named as high-educated, traditional, self-employed, delayed, and floundering; n = 6399).

Results: Compared with individuals in high-educated trajectories, odds ratios for type 2 diabetes (T2D, 95% confidence interval) in traditional and floundering trajectories in men were 1.65 (1.02–2.68) and 2.42 (1.38–4.23) and in women 1.89 (1.04–3.43) and 2.60 (1.46–4.62), respectively. In self-employed trajectory in women, odds ratios for prediabetes and T2D were 1.66 (1.09–2.51) and 2.47 (1.21–5.04).

Conclusions: The highest risks for T2D in midlife were associated after traditional and floundering trajectories in men and women and after self-employment trajectory in women.

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Series: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
ISSN: 1076-2752
ISSN-E: 1536-5948
ISSN-L: 1076-2752
Volume: 65
Issue: 2
Pages: 104 - 112
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002732
OADOI: https://oadoi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002732
Type of Publication: A1 Journal article – refereed
Field of Science: 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health
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Funding: NFBC1966 received financial support from University of Oulu grant no. 24000692, Oulu University Hospital grant no. 24301140, and ERDF European Regional Development Fund grant no. 539/2010 A31592.
Copyright information: © 2022 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Varanka-Ruuska, Tuulia MD; Rautio, Nina PhD; Sebert, Sylvain PhD; Ala-Mursula, Leena PhD. Glucose Metabolism in Midlife Is Associated With Preceding 30-Year Employment Trajectories: A Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 65(2):p 104-112, February 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002732.