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Table 3 The health status by general characteristics (N = 812)

From: Health status and related factors in farmers by SF-12

Variables

 

Physical component score

Mental component score

Mean ± SD

p value †

Mean ± SD

p value †

Gender

Male

52.50 ± 15.82

0.403

53.68 ± 17.55

0.031

 

Female

53.41 ± 15.42

 

51.08 ± 16.77

 

Age(years)

≤49

53.78 ± 15.62

0.064

53.13 ± 18.21

0.523

 

50-59

52.71 ± 15.56

 

52.16 ± 16.83

 
 

60-69

53.95 ± 15.14

 

52.27 ± 17.79

 
 

70-79

50.93 ± 15.94

 

51.54 ± 16.64

 
 

≥80

61.20 ± 14.11

 

57.57 ± 14.69

 

Marital status

Single

48.42 ± 16.06

<0.001

49.11 ± 17.23

0.009

 

Married

54.04 ± 15.32

 

53.11 ± 17.11

 

Smoking‡

NO

51.14 ± 15.76

<0.001

50.83 ± 16.75

0.001

 

Yes

57.38 ± 14.34

 

55.13 ± 17.52

 

Alcohol‡

NO

50.51 ± 16.19

<0.001

50.68 ± 17.55

0.004

 

Yes

56.04 ± 14.30

 

54.13 ± 16.06

 

Regular exercise‡

NO

51.67 ± 15.61

0.013

51.12 ± 17.74

0.046

 

Yes

54.40 ± 15.56

 

53.53 ± 16.28

 

Total pesticide exposure(years)‡

≤20

55.41 ± 14.53

0.016

54.00 ± 15.55

0.067

21-36

53.32 ± 14.48

 

52.94 ± 16.16

 

>36

51.48 ± 15.79

 

50.54 ± 17.95

 

Annual pesticide exposure(days)‡

≤14

53.91 ± 15.44

0.602

53.23 ± 15.54

0.340

>14

53.31 ± 14.89

 

52.02 ± 17.57

 

Daily pesticide exposure(hours)‡

≤2

52.39 ± 14.91

0.058

51.29 ± 16.75

0.070

>2

54.59 ± 15.23

 

53.60 ± 16.46

 

Annual labor period (months)‡

≤9

52.85 ± 15.81

0.141

51.84 ± 16.95

0.112

>9

54.48 ± 14.75

 

53.76 ± 16.33

 

Daily labor period (hours)

≤8

54.44 ± 15.15

0.005

52.75 ± 17.28

0.483

>8

51.34 ± 15.93

 

51.90 ± 17.11

 

Monthly day off(days)‡

≤4

52.06 ± 15.23

0.012

52.63 ± 16.42

0.736

>4

54.91 ± 15.46

 

52.21 ± 16.71

 

Score of pesticide protective device wearing

≤15

51.54 ± 16.17

0.010

50.01 ± 17.43

<0.001

>15

54.36 ± 14.94

 

54.64 ± 16.66

 

Score of pesticide exposure rule observance

≤20

52.66 ± 15.59

0.568

51.89 ± 17.17

0.444

>20

53.28 ± 15.65

 

52.81 ± 17.23

 
  1. †p value by t-test or ANOVA.
  2. ‡excluded no-response.