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Table 1 General characteristics of the subjects

From: Association between shift work and obesity according to body fat percentage in Korean wage workers: data from the fourth and the fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES 2008–2011)

  

Male (N = 1715)

Female (N = 1237)

Total (N = 2952)

p-value*

Age group (years)

20-29

69 (1.9)

61 (2.9)

130 (2.2)

<0.001

 

30-39

215 (17.5)

334 (35.6)

549 (23.5)

 
 

40-49

596 (36.2)

318 (22.0)

914 (31.5)

 
 

50-59

509 (29.5)

326 (25.8)

835 (28.3)

 
 

60-65

326 (14.9)

198 (13.7)

524 (14.5)

 

Education

≤Middle school

210 (10.8)

260 (17.4)

470 (13.0)

<0.001

 

High school

579 (36.4)

389 (34.0)

968 (35.6)

 
 

≥College

926 (52.8)

588 (48.5)

1514 (51.4)

 

Income

First quartile

285 (18.3)

244 (19.7)

529 (18.7)

0.388

 

Second quartile

431 (26.1)

284 (22.9)

715 (25.0)

 
 

Third quartile

490 (27.4)

322 (28.1)

812 (27.6)

 
 

Forth quartile

509 (28.2)

387 (29.3)

896 (28.6)

 

Marital status

Single

251 (19.9)

345 (35.3)

2356 (75.0)

<0.001

 

Married

1464 (80.1)

892 (64.7)

596 (25.0)

 

Alcohol intake

None or social

1288 (75.0)

1177 (94.3)

2465 (81.4)

<0.001

 

Moderate or heavy

427 (25.0)

60 (5.7)

487 (18.6)

 

Smoking

Never-smoker

355 (21.0)

1123 (89.2)

1478 (43.6)

<0.001

 

Ex-smoker

575 (31.0)

62 (6.2)

637 (22.8)

 
 

Current smoker

785 (47.9)

52 (4.6)

837 (33.6)

 

Energy intake (kcal/day)

<2000

461 (25.7)

204 (16.6)

665 (22.7)

<0.001

 

2000-2499

543 (32.4)

896 (71.1)

1439 (45.3)

 
 

≥2500

711 (41.8)

136 (12.2)

847 (32.0)

 

Physical activity

Light

599 (34.4)

488 (38.3)

1087 (35.7)

<0.001

 

Moderate

541 (31.3)

443 (36.6)

984 (33.0)

 
 

Vigorous

575 (34.3)

306 (25.1)

881 (31.2)

 

Sleep hours per day

<7

735 (43.1)

477 (39.2)

1212 (41.8)

0.072

 

≥7

980 (56.9)

760 (60.8)

1740 (58.2)

 

Stress

Feel less

1228 (71.5)

807 (64.0)

2035 (69.0)

0.001

 

Feel more

487 (28.5)

430 (36.0)

917 (31.0)

 

Menopausal status

Premenopausal

-

993 (83.2)

993 (83.2)

 
 

Postmenopausal

-

244 (16.8)

244 (16.8)

 

Work hours per week

<40

139 (7.5)

192 (13.9)

331 (9.6)

<0.001

 

40-48

833 (47.7)

702 (57.0)

1535 (50.8)

 
 

49-60

564 (33.6)

259 (22.7)

823 (30.0)

 
 

>60

179 (11.2)

84 (6.4)

263 (9.6)

 

Stability of work

Temporary worker

198 (12.0)

242 (18.7)

440(14.2)

<0.001

 

Permanent worker

1517 (88.0)

995 (81.3)

2512 (85.8)

 

Type of job

Non-manual

922 (53.2)

708 (59.1)

1630 (55.2)

0.008

 

Manual

793 (46.8)

529 (40.9)

1322 (44.8)

 

Work schedule

Shift work

189 (11.7)

86 (8.1)

275 (10.5)

0.009

 

Day work

1526 (88.3)

1151 (91.9)

2677 (89.5)

 

Obesity

Non-obese

1266 (73.5)

944 (75.8)

2210 (74.3)

0.226

 

Obese

449 (26.5)

293 (24.2)

742 (25.7)

 
  1. Values are expressed as unweighted count and estimate percentage N(%). *Complex samples χ2 test