Table 2 Demographic, social and lifestyle related factors according to occupational physical activity level in Men (n = 6,639) and Women (n = 5,839) in the Danish National Health Interview Surveys From 1987, 1994, and 2000 (Percentages or Median Values)
From: Occupational heavy lifting and risk of ischemic heart disease and all-cause mortality
Characteristics | Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low (n=3,794) | High (n=1,823) | P | Low (n=4,056) | High (n=896) | P | ||
Age [median, (SD)] | 42.4 (11.5) | 39.4 (12.8) | <0.01 | 40.9 (11.1) | 39.2 (11.5) | <0.01 | |
Educational level [%] | |||||||
< 10 years | 10.9 | 22.6 | <0.01 | 10.7 | 22.8 | <0.01 | |
10-12 years | 28.0 | 46.7 | 23.3 | 34.9 | |||
13+ years | 61.1 | 30.7 | 66.0 | 42.4 | |||
Physical activity in leisure time [%] | |||||||
Low | 67.0 | 68.4 | <0.30 | 81.6 | 82.6 | 0.40 | |
High | 33.0 | 31.6 | 18.4 | 17.4 | |||
Alcohol consumption [%] | |||||||
<1 drinks/day | 50.7 | 52.8 | 0.62 | 67.9 | 77.3 | <0.01 | |
1-2 drinks/day | 28.0 | 26.5 | 22.1 | 15.3 | |||
3-4 drinks/day | 12.8 | 11.2 | 7.5 | 4.6 | |||
>4 drinks/day | 8.5 | 9.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | |||
Smoking status [%] | |||||||
Daily smoking | 18.9 | 18.2 | <0.01 | 19.5 | 21.8 | <0.01 | |
Heavy smoking | 21.6 | 29.2 | 17.1 | 23.3 | |||
Never-smoking | 36.4 | 33.6 | 42.5 | 39.2 | |||
Ex-smoking | 23.1 | 19.0 | 20.9 | 15.7 | |||
BMI [%] | |||||||
<25 kg/m2 | 52.5 | 51.1 | 0.29 | 74.7 | 68.0 | <0.01 | |
25-30 kg/m2 | 39.5 | 39.9 | 19.4 | 22.6 | |||
>30 kg/m2 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 5.9 | 9.4 | |||
Hypertension [%] | |||||||
Yes | 8.2 | 5.4 | <0.01 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 0.84 | |
No | 91.8 | 94.6 | 92.1 | 92.2 | |||
Stress [%] | |||||||
Often | 9.9 | 5.9 | <0.01 | 11.2 | 9.5 | <0.01 | |
Sometimes /No | 90.2 | 94.1 | 88.8 | 90.5 | |||