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Table 2 Association between general characteristics and night work

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

 

Night work

p value*

Yes (N  = 3712)

No (N =  25999)

N

%

N

%

Sex

 Male

2872

77.4

14474

55.7

<.0001

 Female

840

22.6

11525

44.3

 

Age (years)

 <30

596

16.1

4308

16.6

<.0001

 30-39

1025

27.6

7894

30.4

 

 40-49

941

25.4

7593

29.2

 

 50-59

669

18.0

4350

16.7

 

 ≥60

481

13.0

1854

7.1

 

Level of education completed

 Middle school or below

492

13.3

2828

10.9

<.0001

 High school

1683

45.3

9917

38.1

 

 College or above

1537

41.4

13254

51.0

 

Monthly income (Korean won)

 <1,000,000

364

9.8

3416

13.1

<.0001

 1,000,000 – 2,000,000

1421

38.3

10404

40.0

 

 2,000,000 – 3,000,000

1070

28.8

6988

26.9

 

 ≥3,000,000

857

23.1

5184

19.9

 

Smoking

 Non-smoker

1460

39.3

14858

57.2

<.0001

 Ex-smoker

608

16.4

2658

10.2

 

 Current smoker

1644

44.3

8483

32.6

 

Alcohol drinking frequency (drinks)

 None

677

18.2

6247

24.0

<.0001

 ≤1 per week

1179

31.8

6455

24.8

 

 ≥2 per week

1856

50.0

13297

51.1

 

Job type

 White collar

1023

27.6

11126

42.8

<.0001

 Service

758

20.4

6069

23.3

 

 Blue collar

1931

52.0

8804

33.9

 

Company size (no. of employees)

 <5

627

17.4

6964

27.6

<.0001

 5-49

1634

45.3

12844

50.9

 

 50-299

822

22.8

3902

15.5

 

 ≥300

523

14.5

1529

6.1

 

Years of service

 <1

539

14.5

3980

15.3

0.0004

 1-9

2190

59.0

15901

61.2

 

 ≥10

983

26.5

6118

23.5

 

Shift work

 No

1833

49.4

25039

96.3

<.0001

 Yes

1879

50.6

960

3.7

 

Working time (hours/week)

 <40

197

5.3

2773

10.7

<.0001

 40-48

1377

37.1

14144

54.4

 

 49-60

1216

32.8

7355

28.3

 

 ≥61

922

24.8

1727

6.6

 

Hypertension

 No

3457

93.1

24791

95.4

<.0001

 Yes

255

6.9

1208

4.6

 

Obesity

 No

3607

97.2

25551

98.3

<.0001

 Yes

105

2.8

448

1.7

 

Cardiovascular diseases

 No

3647

98.2

25729

99.0

<.0001

 Yes

65

1.8

270

1.0

 
  1. *based on a chi-squared test.