Table 3 Demographic and health characteristics of study subjects by dermatologic symptoms
From: The Effect of Work Characteristics on Dermatologic Symptoms in Hairdressers
Variable* | Dermatologic symptoms†(+) | Dermatologic symptoms (−) | p value‡ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
Age | |||||
  < 30 | 96 | (28.1) | 246 | (71.9) | < 0.001 |
  < 40 | 67 | (20.1) | 267 | (79.9) | |
  ≧ 40 | 45 | (12.9) | 304 | (87.1) | |
Gender | |||||
  Male | 32 | (21.2) | 119 | (78.8) | 0.741 |
  Female | 179 | (20.0) | 715 | (80.0) | |
BMI | |||||
  < 25 | 181 | (19.8) | 735 | (80.2) | 0.622 |
  ≧ 25 | 7 | (16.7) | 35 | (83.3) | |
Marital status | |||||
  Not married§ | 132 | (22.3) | 459 | (77.7) | 0.015 |
  Married | 66 | (16.1) | 344 | (83.9) | |
Educational level | |||||
  ≦ High school completion | 101 | (17.8) | 465 | (82.2) | 0.023 |
  >High school completion | 111 | (23.6) | 360 | (76.4) | |
Smoking status | |||||
  Non/past smoker | 157 | (19.5) | 648 | (80.5) | 0.163 |
  Current smoker | 51 | (23.8) | 163 | (76.2) | |
Weekly alcohol consumption|| | |||||
  None | 88 | (19.4) | 365 | (80.6) | 0.408 |
  Mild | 97 | (21.1) | 363 | (78.9) | |
  Heavy | 20 | (26.0) | 57 | (74.0) | |
Weekly exercise | |||||
  None | 140 | (22.6) | 479 | (77.4) | 0.072 |
  ≦ 4times | 58 | (16.8) | 287 | (83.2) | |
  > 4times | 9 | (16.1) | 47 | (83.9) | |
Perceived state of health | |||||
  Good | 62 | (15.1) | 348 | (84.9) | 0.001 |
  Normal | 106 | (21.7) | 383 | (78.3) | |
  Bad | 40 | (29.4) | 96 | (70.6) | |