Table 1 General characteristics of the subjects (No(%))
From: The Association between Shift Work and the Metabolic Syndrome in Female Workers
Characteristics | Daytime workers (n = 71) | Shift workers (n = 183) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 18-39 | 46 | (64.8) | 22 | (12.0) | <0.001* |
| Â | 40-49 | 17 | (23.9) | 102 | (55.7) | Â |
|  | ≥50 | 8 | (11.3) | 59 | (32.2) |  |
|  | Mean ± SD |    36.4 ± 12.5 |    49.7 ± 8.6 | <0.001‡ | ||
Smoking | Yes | 1 | (1.4) | 2 | (1.1) | 1.000†|
| Â | No | 70 | (98.6) | 181 | (98.9) | Â |
Alcohol drinking | Yes | 36 | (50.7) | 67 | (36.6) | 0.040* |
| Â | No | 35 | (49.3) | 116 | (63.4) | Â |
Exercise | Yes | 61 | (85.9) | 129 | (70.5) | 0.011* |
| Â | No | 10 | (14.1) | 54 | (29.5) | Â |
Hypertension | Yes | 3 | (4.2) | 23 | (12.6) | 0.049†|
| Â | No | 68 | (95.8) | 160 | (87.4) | Â |
DM | Yes | 1 | (1.4) | 2 | (1.1) | 1.000†|
| Â | No | 70 | (98.6) | 181 | (98.9) | Â |
Dyslipidemia | Yes | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.5) | 1.000†|
| Â | No | 71 | (100.0) | 182 | (99.5) | Â |