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ArticlePeerJ2020

Alcohol consumption and employment: a cross-sectional study of office workers and unemployed people.

Simone De Sio, Roberta Tittarelli, Giuseppe Di Martino, Giuseppe Buomprisco, Roberto Perri, Guglielmo Bruno, Flaminia Pantano, Giulio Mannocchi, Enrico Marinelli, Fabrizio Cedrone

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Article in PeerJ, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Alcohol Use during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey among Healthcare and Office Workers in Italy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  10. Performing normality in working life among heavy substance users.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Simone De SioSchool of Occupational Medicine-U.R. Occupational Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Roberta TittarelliUnit of Forensic Toxicology, Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopedic Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe Di MartinoSchool of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University "G.d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
Giuseppe BuompriscoSchool of Occupational Medicine-U.R. Occupational Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Roberto PerriSchool of Occupational Medicine-U.R. Occupational Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Guglielmo BrunoSchool of Occupational Medicine-U.R. Occupational Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Flaminia PantanoUnit of Forensic Toxicology-Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopedic Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Giulio MannocchiBioethics and Legal Medicine Centre, School of Law, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy.
Enrico MarinelliUnit of Forensic Toxicology-Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopedic Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Fabrizio CedroneSchool of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University "G.d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlcohol is a psychoactive substance with toxic and addictive properties. Biomarkers like GGT, AST, ALT and MCV are influenced by excessive ethanol consumption. Alcohol consumption represents a health risk and it has been linked to unemployment. The aim of this study how working status predict alcohol consumption through a cross sectional study comparing alcohol-related biomarkers levels in office workers and unemployed people.

methodsThis study includes 157 office workers and 157 unemployed people, who were recruited from January to December 2018. A propensity score matching procedure was applied to obtain two homogenous groups in terms of age and gender. A non-parametric analysis was performed on serum biomarkers that are generally altered by alcohol consumption. Logistic regression models were designed to evaluate how working status predict abnormal biomarker levels related with alcohol consumption.

resultsNo differences in median biomarker values were found between groups. Logistic regression analysis showed that office work is a negative predictor of pathological biomarker levels. Office workers had a significant relation with the levels of GGT (OR 0.48; 95% CI [0.28-0.84]), AST (OR 0.42; 95% CI [0.22-0.78]), ALT (OR 0.39; 95% CI [0.23-0.66]), and MCV (OR 0.37; 95% CI [0.19-0.70]).

conclusionOffice workers had lower absolute frequencies of pathological values of alcohol consumption biomarkers, after matching for age and gender compared with unemployed people. In addition, a significant negative association between office work is a negative predictor of biomarker levels of alcohol consumption. These results showed that work is an important determinant of health and that can represent a benefit for workers in terms of reducing the risk of consuming alcohol.

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Alcohol and workAlcohol consumptionOccupational medicineOffice work

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PMCPMC7100587

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