Table 5 Age-adjusted prevalence of the components of the metabolic syndrome by category of the Korean Standard Classification of Occupations
Non-manual workers | Service/sales workers | Manual workers | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Components | Managers | Professional and related workers | Clerks | Service workers | Sales workers | Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | Craft and related trades workers | Equipment, machine operation and assembling workers | Elementary workers | Total | p-value |
Male workers | |||||||||||
WC ≥ 90 cm (M)/80 cm (W) | 24.5 (2.5) | 28.6 (3.5) | 24.0 (1.9) | 25.1 (1.3) | 0.946 | ||||||
35.4 (8.7) | 21.1 (2.8) | 25.7 (3.7) | 25.7 (4.7) | 28.2 (3.9) | 22.8 (3.5) | 31.1 (4.3) | 31.0 (3.2) | 18.2 (4.2) | 0.705 | ||
BP ≥ 130/85 mmHg or treated | 40.1 (2.5) | 33.3 (3.3) | 32.7 (1.7) | 36.3 (1.4) | 0.036 | ||||||
46.0 (6.9) | 33.2 (3.5) | 51.6 (2.6) | 29.8 (4.4) | 35.5 (3.8) | 26.6 (3.3) | 29.0 (3.5) | 32.7 (2.6) | 36.2 (4.1) | <0.001 | ||
TG ≥ 150 mg/dl | 39.4 (2.6) | 35.5 (2.7) | 35.3 (2.2) | 37.4 (1.4) | 0.225 | ||||||
41.8 (8.0) | 43.9 (3.3) | 33.7 (3.8) | 35.2 (5.0) | 37.7 (3.3) | 25.9 (4.6) | 34.7 (4.0) | 44.9 (2.9) | 29.9 (4.9) | 0.119 | ||
HDL-C < 40 mg/dl | 20.5 (2.2) | 13.3 (2.5) | 18.3 (1.8) | 19.2 (1.2) | 0.024 | ||||||
14.9 (4.1) | 22.0 (3.2) | 16.9 (2.5) | 12.6 (3.8) | 13.5 (3.0) | 9.0 (1.5) | 17.1 (3.0) | 19.5 (2.9) | 18.8 (4.6) | 0.119 | ||
FPG ≥ 100 mg/dl or treated | 31.8 (2.5) | 29.3 (3.4) | 26.2 (1.7) | 28.6 (1.3) | 0.191 | ||||||
31.2 (7.6) | 31.8 (3.2) | 34.5 (4.1) | 26.2 (5.1) | 29.2 (3.8) | 20.3 (2.4) | 25.8 (3.5) | 27.1 (2.8) | 26.8 (3.4) | 0.284 | ||
Female workers | |||||||||||
WC ≥ 90 cm (M)/80 cm (W) | 34.6 (4.8) | 39.0 (2.5) | 41.8 (3.3) | 36.8 (1.4) | <0.001 | ||||||
19.5 (12.2) | 41.8 (3.4) | 24.6 (4.3) | 42.0 (3.4) | 36.9 (3.2) | 50.5 (6.7) | 32.0 (5.1) | 22.4 (5.4) | 40.9 (5.0) | <0.001 | ||
BP ≥ 130/85 mmHg or treated | 21.0 (1.8) | 23.8 (2.2) | 27.6 (1.9) | 25.6 (1.2) | <0.001 | ||||||
29.4 (10.8) | 19.0 (2.2) | 23.2 (3.3) | 26.4 (2.9) | 21.3 (3.0) | 29.0 (4.2) | 32.3 (4.8) | 7.1 (4.0) | 27.0 (2.5) | <0.001 | ||
TG ≥ 150 mg/dl | 15.7 (2.7) | 23.3 (2.9) | 17.6 (2.1) | 17.9 (1.1) | <0.001 | ||||||
31.8 (13.2) | 18.4 (2.1) | 5.6 (2.0) | 22.7 (4.5) | 23.6 (3.4) | 16.1 (2.6) | 9.5 (4.0) | 8.3 (4.8) | 18.4 (2.8) | <0.001 | ||
HDL-C < 50 mg/dl | 34.9 (4.7) | 32.2 (2.9) | 34.7 (3.1) | 32.8 (1.4) | <0.001 | ||||||
15.1 (10.8) | 43.0 (2.6) | 21.2 (4.3) | 33.2 (3.6) | 33.0 (4.0) | 43.0 (5.8) | 37.9 (8.4) | 16.8 (5.1) | 32.1 (5.1) | <0.001 | ||
FPG ≥ 100 mg/dl or treated | 19.8 (4.5) | 16.1 (1.9) | 19.0 (2.0) | 18.1 (1.1) | <0.001 | ||||||
9.4 (8.6) | 24.7 (3.7) | 15.6 (3.5) | 15.3 (3.1) | 17.1 (2.8) | 14.9 (1.8) | 9.0 (2.2) | 15.2 (5.8) | 20.7 (2.5) | <0.001 | ||