The
authors reviewed all yearly-check up charts of personnel who worked at Srinagarind Hospital from 2002 to
2003 including history taking, physical examination, and laboratory testings. There were 606 office workers
and 1,024 nursing staff enrolled. The mean ages of both groups were 38.9 and 36.5 years old, respectively. The
office workers visited physicians significantly more often than the nursing staff (553 of 606 vs 271 of 1,024;
p-value = 0.00). Obesity was found much more in office workers (127 of 472 versus 129 of 749). There were
significant differences between the groups on impaired fasting plasma glucose, DM, HT, high cholesterol level,
high triglyceride level, and significant elevation of ALT or AST (all p-value = 0.00). In the obese group, there
was also a significantly higher number of cases who had high blood pressure, defined as IFG or DM, high
cholesterol level, and high triglyceride level (p-value = 0.00) except the significant elevation of ALT or AST
level. Cases of obesity with significant elevation of hepatic enzyme had many atherosclerotic risk factors.
Therefore, metabolic derangements are the important problem for health care workers..