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Table 2 Characteristics of male subjects by total body fat percentage

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)

  

Non-manual

Manual

  

Obese

Non-obese

Obese

Non-obese

  

(BF ≥ 25.7)

(BF < 25.7 )

(BF ≥ 25.7 

(BF < 25.7 )

Age group

20-29

7 (56.2)

11 (43.8)

10 (23.1)

41 (76.9)

 

30-39

23 (23.8)

83 (76.2)

30 (25.3)

79 (74.7)

 

40-49

127 (36.3)

235 (63.7)

49 (21.0)

185 (79.0)

 

50-59

88 (31.1)

200 (68.9)

39 (17.6)

182 (82.4)

 

60-65

40 (27.8)

108 (72.2)

36 (18.4)

142 (81.6)

Education

≤Middle school

3 (22.7)

15 (77.3)

38 (20.5)

154 (79.5)

 

High school

48 (28.8)

129 (71.2)

80 (19.3)

322 (80.7)

 

≥College

234 (32.9)

493 (67.1)

46 (23.0)

153 (77.0)

Incomeb

First quartile

32 (39.1)

55 (60.9)

36 (19.0)

162 (81.0)

 

Second quartile

70 (37.7)

136 (62.3)

58 (27.4)

167 (72.6)

 

Third quartile

89 (29.8)

199 (70.2)

42 (18.5)

160 (81.5)

 

Forth quartile

94 (27.5)

247 (72.5)

28 (14.4)

140 (85.6)

Marital status

Single

35 (31.1)

83 (68.9)

34 (23.4)

99 (76.6)

 

Married

250 (32.0)

554 (68.0)

130 (19.6)

530 (80.4)

Alcohol drinking

none or social

206 (31.2)

479 (68.8)

124 (19.9)

479 (80.1)

 

moderate or heavy

79 (33.8)

158 (66.2)

40 (22.0)

150 (78.0)

Smoking

Never smoker

66 (30.1)

154 (69.9)

27 (16.1)

108 (83.9)

 

Ex-smoker

85 (28.0)

234 (72.0)

54 (20.9)

202 (79.1)

 

Current smoker

134 (35.8)

249 (64.2)

83 (21.7)

319 (78.3)

Energy intake(kcal/day)

<2000

80 (28.7)

188 (71.3)

37 (16.9)

156 (83.1)

 

2000-2499

93 (35.5)

199 (64.5)

56 (21.7)

195 (78.3)

 

≥2500

112 (31.2)

250 (68.8)

71 (21.4)

278 (78.6)

Physical activitya

Light

124 (35.7)

229 (64.3)

60 (24.0)

186 (76.0)

 

Moderate

107 (33.2)

226 (66.8)

47 (20.9)

161 (79.1)

 

Vigorous

54 (24.7)

182 (75.3)

57 (17.6)

282 (82.4)

Sleep hours per day

<7

135 (32.6)

295 (67.4)

71 (23.5)

234 (76.5)

 

≥7

150 (31.2)

342 (68.8)

93 (18.4)

395 (81.6)

Stress†

Feel less

180 (30.3)

425 (69.7)

123 (18.8)

500 (81.2)

 

Feel more

105 (34.7)

212 (65.3)

41 (26.3)

129 (73.7)

Work hours per week

<40

21 (46.4)

21 (53.6)

12 (15.2)

85 (84.8)

 

40-48

150 (31.0)

341 (69.0)

79 (20.9)

263 (79.1)

 

49-60

91 (31.2)

225 (68.8)

45 (18.2)

203 (81.8)

 

>60

23 (31.3)

50 (68.7)

28 (28.4)

78 (71.6)

Stability of work

Temporary worker

11 (38.5)

20 (61.5)

31 (20.8)

136 (79.2)

 

Permanent worker

274 (31.5)

617 (68.5)

133 (20.4)

493 (79.6)

Work scheduleb

Shift work

16 (44.0)

24 (56.0)

39 (27.8)

110 (72.2)

 

Day work

269 (31.2)

613 (68.8)

125 (18.7)

519 (81.3)

  1. Values are expressed as unweighted count and estimate percentage N(%). aSignificantly different between obese and non-obese subjects in non-manual workers (p < 0.05). bSignificantly different between obese and non-obese subjects in manual workers (p < 0.05)