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Table 1 General characteristics of participants

From: The Relationship between Waist Circumference and Work-related Injury in Reference to the Fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Variables

 

Prevalence (%)

Sex

Male

55.4

 

Female

44.6

Age

20 ~ 40y

41.2

 

41 ~ 65y

58.8

Waist circumference

Male < 90 cm

72.3

 

Male ≥ 90 cm

27.7

 

Female < 85 cm

75.3

 

Female ≥ 85 cm

24.7

Alcohol consumption (frequency)

<1 per month

26.7

 

1 ~ 4 per month

36.5

 

≥2 per week

36.8

Present smoking status

Smoker

28.4

 

Former smoker

21.0

 

Never-smoker

50.6

Family income (quartile)

Low

10.1

 

Low-moderate

25.0

 

Moderate-high

1.2

 

High

33.7

Types of occupation

Manager, professional and administrator

20.9

 

Clerk

13.6

 

Service and sales worker

23.0

 

Skilled agricultural, forestry, and fishery worker

10.8

 

Craft, equipment, machine operating, and assembling worker

18.0

 

Elementary worker

13.7

Injury experience

Yes

7.2

 

No

92.8

Work-related injury experience

Yes

3.3

 

No

96.7

Mechanisms of work-related injury

Transport accident

43.3

 

Fall down, slip down, and collision

35.4

 

Laceration, amputation, stab, and machinery accident

14.4

 

Burn and poisoning

3.4

 

Etc.

3.4

Location of injury

Face, neck, and head

24.5

 

Back and waist

27.5

 

Upper extremity

23.8

 

Lower extremity

21.8

 

Etc.

2.4

Marital status

Married, living

77.0

 

Married, separated

1.8

 

Bereavement

2.7

 

Divorce

3.6

 

Single

14.5

 

Unknown

0.3

Exercise status

≥Moderate

29.1

 

<Moderate

70.9

Education status

≤Elementary

16.2

 

Middle

12.6

 

High

38.2

 

≥University

33.0