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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: The effect of long working hours on 10-year risk of coronary heart disease and stroke in the Korean population: the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), 2007 to 2013

 

Men

Women

n

%

n

%

Age (years)

 30–39

2475

32.7

1785

28.6

 40–49

2661

35.2

2249

36.1

 50–60

2429

32.1

2200

35.3

Education

 Below elementary school

546

7.2

1041

16.7

 Middle school graduate

771

10.2

872

14.0

 High school graduate

2802

37.0

2487

39.9

 Above college graduate

3446

45.6

1834

29.4

Income status

 1st Quartile

437

5.8

545

8.7

 2nd Quartile

1733

22.9

1573

25.2

 3rd Quartile

2518

33.3

1993

32.0

 4th Quartile

2877

38.0

2123

34.1

Employment condition

 Paid worker

4671

61.7

3836

61.5

 Self-employed or employer

2743

36.3

1547

24.8

 Unpaid family worker

151

2.0

851

13.7

Occupation

 Managers and professionals

1822

24.1

1298

20.8

 Office workers

1264

16.7

819

13.1

 Service and sales workers

1193

15.8

2025

32.5

 Agriculture, forestry, and fishery workers

576

7.6

553

8.9

 Craft, device, and machine operators and assembly workers

2188

28.9

411

6.6

 Manual workers

522

6.9

1128

18.1

Work shift

 Fixed-day schedule

6392

84.5

5144

82.5

 Any schedule other than fixed-day schedule*

1173

15.5

1090

17.5

Weekly working hours

  < 30

460

6.1

1357

21.8

 30–40

649

8.6

974

15.6

 40

1406

18.6

981

15.7

 40–50

1567

20.7

1085

17.4

 50–60

1587

21.0

757

12.1

 60–70

1009

13.3

488

7.8

 70–80

555

7.3

367

5.9

  ≥ 80

332

4.4

225

3.6

Total

7565

54.8

6234

45.2

  1. *Any schedule other than fixed-day schedule includes day-night shift, fixed night, regular rotation, 24-h shift, split shift, irregular shift, and another schedule