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Table 1 General characteristics of the study population

From: The association between long working hours and hearing impairment in noise unexposed workers: data from the 5th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES 2010–2012)

Variables

Total

 

Male

 

Female

 

p-value

na

nb(%c)

na

nb(%c)

na

nb(%c)

Total

1628

3780449(100.0)

768

2030862(100.0)

860

1749588(100.0)

 

Age (years)

 Mean ± SE

40.0 ± 0.3

 

40.3 ± 0.4

 

39.6 ± 0.4

 

0.174

 25–34

444

1246970(33.0)

165

610588(30.1)

279

636382(36.4)

0.069

 35–44

603

1368113(36.2)

311

791293(39.0)

292

576820(33.0)

 

 45–54

394

858442(22.7)

193

469842(23.1)

201

388600(22.2)

 55–64

187

306924(8.1)

99

159138(7.8)

88

147786(8.4)

BMI (kg/m2)

 Underweight

72

153504(4.1)

8

20560(1.0)

64

132944(7.6)

<0.001

 Normal

1092

2480000(65.6)

454

1190804(58.6)

638

1289196(73.7)

 

 Obese

464

1146946(30.3)

306

819498(40.4)

158

327448(18.7)

Education

  ≤ Middle school

170

362359(9.6)

58

151184(7.4)

112

211175(12.1)

0.003

 High school

564

1427402(37.8)

252

725608(35.7)

312

701795(40.1)

 

  ≥ College

894

1990688(52.7)

458

1154070(56.8)

436

836618(47.8)

Marital status

 Never married

254

753440(19.9)

82

335275(16.5)

172

418165(23.9)

<0.001

 Married

1289

2817011(74.5)

672

1653806(81.4)

617

1163205(66.5)

 

 Others

85

209998(5.6)

14

41780(2.1)

71

168218(9.6)

Household income

 Low

56

162234(4.3)

19

73594(3.6)

37

88640(5.1)

0.017

 Mid-low

381

1008432(26.7)

207

621443(30.6)

174

386988(22.1)

 

 Mid-high

576

1368482(36.2)

271

720932(35.5)

305

647550(37.0)

 High

615

1241302(32.8)

271

614892(30.3)

344

626410(35.8)

Smoking

 Non-smoker

967

2044875(54.1)

181

478096(23.5)

786

1566780(89.6)

<0.001

 Ex-smoker

267

638628(16.9)

236

570841(28.1)

31

67787(3.9)

 

 Current smoker

394

1096946(29.0)

351

981925(48.4)

43

115022(6.6)

Alcohol

 None

269

549452(14.5)

80

212616(10.5)

189

336836(19.3)

<0.001

 Light drinker

1123

2586279(68.4)

500

1290078(63.5)

623

1296201(74.1)

 

 Heavy drinker

236

644718(17.1)

188

528167(26.0)

48

116551(6.7)

Exercise

 No

1335

3060829(81.0)

619

1602748(78.9)

716

1458080(83.3)

0.051

 Yes

293

719621(19.0)

149

428113(21.1)

144

291507(16.7)

 

Job type

 Non-manual

1278

2857188(75.6)

554

1401179(69.0)

724

1456009(83.2)

<0.001

 Manual

350

923262(24.4)

214

629683(31.0)

136

293579(16.8)

 

Shift work

 No

1373

3172611(83.9)

646

1730392(85.2)

727

1442219(82.4)

0.239

 Yes

255

607838(16.1)

122

300469(14.8)

133

307369(17.6)

 

Weekly working hours

 Mean ± SE

47.0 ± 0.3

49.2 ± 0.5

44.5 ± 0.5

<0.001

  ≤ 40

673

1460816(38.6)

243

625000(30.8)

430

835816(47.8)

<0.001

 40 < x ≤ 48

401

930976(24.6)

176

480684(23.7)

225

450292(25.7)

 

 48 < x ≤ 60

399

1007298(26.6)

248

669145(32.9)

151

338153(19.3)

  > 60

155

381360(10.1)

101

256032(12.6)

54

125328(7.2)

  1. SE standard error
  2. aunweighted count, bestimated population size, ccolumn and estimated percentage