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Table 1 General characteristics of the study subjects

From: Association between night work and cardiovascular diseases: analysis of the 3rd Korean working conditions survey

 

N

%

Sex

 Male

17346

58.4

 Female

12365

41.6

Age (years)

 <30

4904

16.5

 30-39

8919

30.0

 40-49

8534

28.7

 50-59

5019

16.9

 ≥60

2335

7.9

Level of education completed

 Middle school or below

3320

11.2

 High school

11600

39.0

 College or above

14791

49.8

Monthly income (Korean won)

 <1,000,000

3780

12.7

 1,000,000 – 2,000,000

11825

39.8

 2,000,000 – 3,000,000

8058

27.1

 ≥3,000,000

6041

20.3

Smoking

 Non-smoker

16318

54.9

 Ex-smoker

3266

11.0

 Current smoker

10127

34.1

Alcohol drinking frequency (drinks)

 None

6924

23.3

 ≤1 per week

7634

25.7

 ≥2 per week

15153

51.0

Job type

 White collar

12149

40.9

 Service

6827

23.0

 Blue collar

10735

36.1

Company size (no. of employees)

 <5

7591

26.3

 5-49

14478

50.2

 50-299

4724

16.4

 ≥300

2052

7.1

Years of service

 <1

4519

15.2

 1-9

18091

60.9

 ≥10

7101

23.9

Shift work

 No

26872

90.4

 Yes

2839

9.6

Working time (hours/week)

 <40

2970

10.0

 40-48

15521

52.2

 49-60

8571

28.9

 ≥61

2649

8.9

Hypertension

 No

28248

95.1

 Yes

1463

4.9

Obesity

 No

29158

98.1

 Yes

553

1.9

Cardiovascular diseases

 No

29376

98.9

 Yes

335

1.1

Night work

 No

25999

87.5

 Yes (≥1 day/month)

3712

12.5