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Table 1 General characteristics of subjects according to city of residence

From: A cross-sectional study on the pulmonary function of residents in two urban areas with different PM10 concentrations: data from the fourth Korea national health and nutrition examination survey (KNHANES) 2007–2009

Variables

Total (N = 830)

Seoul (N = 749)

Jeju (N = 81)

p value

N (%) or Mean (SE)

N (%) or Mean (SE)

N (%) or Mean (SE)

Sex

0.664

 Male

379 (52.4)

340 (52.2)

39 (54.1)

 

 Female

451 (47.6)

409 (47.8)

42 (45.9)

 

Education level

0.011

 Low

279 (29.1)

264 (30.1)

15 (15.0)

 

 High

551 (70.9)

485 (69.9)

66 (85.0)

 

Household income

0.001

 Low

294 (33.6)

278 (34.9)

16 (16.0)

 

 High

536 (66.4)

471 (65.1)

65 (84.0)

 

Occupational class

0.097

 Blue collar

257 (30.1)

241 (30.8)

16 (21.2)

 

 White collar

573 (69.9)

508 (69.2)

65 (78.8)

 

Smoking status

0.707

 Smoker

335 (45.4)

304 (45.6)

31 (43.2)

 

 Non-smoker

495 (54.6)

445 (54.4)

50 (56.8)

 

Drinking status

0.004

 Heavy

214 (28.5)

184 (27.8)

30 (37.8)

 

 Social

616 (71.5)

565 (72.2)

51 (62.2)

 

Age (years)

47.3 (0.5)

47.6 (0.6)

43.7 (0.5)

< 0.001

Height (centimeter)

163.6 (0.3)

163.5 (0.4)

165.0 (0.8)

0.093

Bodyweight (kilogram)

65.7 (0.4)

65.5 (0.4)

68.4 (1.1)

0.018

Residence period (years)

12.5 (0.5)

12.6 (0.5)

11.8 (0.9)

0.466

  1. p value were calculated by chi-square test or T-test to compare Seoul with Jeju
  2. SE standard error