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Table 3 Characteristics of female 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 (BF ≥ 36.0)

Non-obese (BF < 36)

Obese (BF ≥ 36.0)

Non-obese (BF < 36.0)

Age group (years)

20-29

0 (0.0)

1 (100.0)

18 (36.6)

42 (63.4)

 

30-39

56 (20.5)

221 (79.5)

16 (28.5)

41 (71.5)

 

40-49

48 (22.9)

196 (77.1)

15 (22.5)

59 (77.5)

 

50-59

24 (16.3)

124 (83.7)

48 (23.1)

130 (76.9)

 

60-65

12 (28.7)

26 (71.3)

56 (39.3)

104 (60.7)

Education

≤Middle school

1 (25.0)

4 (75.0)

83 (35.1)

172 (64.9)

 

High school

40 (27.9)

128 (72.1)

56 (24.5)

165 (75.5)

 

≥College

99 (18.2)

436 (81.8)

14 (27.4)

39 (72.6)

Income

First quartile

16 (19.8)

76 (80.2)

46 (29.0)

106 (71.0)

 

Second quartile

36 (28.2)

91 (71.8)

48 (28.8)

109 (71.2)

 

Third quartile

36 (22.3)

155 (77.7)

37 (33.1)

94 (66.9)

 

Forth quartile

52 (16.0)

246 (84.0)

22 (24.6)

67 (75.4)

Marital status

Single

62 (20.2)

232 (79.8)

16 (28.1)

35 (71.9)

 

Married

78 (21.2)

336 (78.8)

137 (29.5)

341 (70.5)

Alcohol intake

None or social

134 (20.4)

548 (79.6)

144 (29.4)

351 (70.6)

 

Moderate or heavy

6 (27.1)

20 (72.9)

9 (27.4)

25 (72.6)

Smokinga

Never-smoker

124 (19.7)

524 (80.3)

138 (29.5)

337 (70.5)

 

Ex-smoker

11 (40.0)

25 (60.0)

8 (29.6)

18 (70.4)

 

Current smoker

5 (15.4)

19 (84.6)

7 (26.1)

21 (73.9)

Energy intake(kcal/day)

<2000

24 (19.4)

100 (80.6)

19 (27.8)

62 (72.2)

 

2000-2499

95 (20.7)

403 (79.3)

121 (30.3)

277 (69.7)

 

≥2500

21 (22.3)

65 (77.7)

13 (24.1)

37 (75.9)

Physical activity

Light

57 (19.5)

249 (80.5)

56 (31.9)

126 (68.1)

 

Moderate

63 (23.3)

224 (76.7)

46 (28.2)

110 (71.8)

 

Vigorous

20 (17.5)

95 (82.5)

51 (27.8)

140 (72.2)

Sleep hours per day

<7

52 (19.2)

204 (80.8)

64 (29.3)

157 (70.7)

 

≥7

88 (21.6)

364 (78.4)

89 (29.2)

219 (70.8)

Stress

Feel less

51 (19.4)

349 (78.5)

101 (26.9)

268 (73.1)

 

Feel more

130 (20.6)

219 (80.6)

52 (34.7)

108 (65.3)

Menopausal statusb

Premenopausal

89 (21.5)

542 (79.4)

78 (24.3)

243 (75.7)

 

Postmenopausal

10 (22.9)

26 (77.1)

75 (38.6)

133 (61.4)

Work hours per week

<40

9 (18.8)

56 (81.2)

36 (28.2)

91 (71.8)

 

40-48

94 (19.4)

388 (80.6)

66 (30.7)

154 (69.3)

 

49-60

35 (26.1)

106 (73.9)

38 (31.5)

80 (68.5)

 

>60

2 (11.3)

18 (88.7)

13 (22.3)

51 (77.7)

Stability of work

Temporary worker

12 (23.0)

42 (77.0)

52 (28.0)

136 (72.0)

 

Permanent worker

128 (20.5)

526 (79.5)

101 (30.0)

240 (70.0)

Work schedule

Shift work

3 (7.2)

27 (92.8)

14 (29.8)

42 (70.2)

 

Day work

137 (21.4)

541 (78.6)

139 (29.2)

334 (70.8)

  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)