Table 1 Demographic, social and lifestyle related factors according to occupational heavy lifting for Men (n = 6,659) and Women (n = 5,850) in the Danish National Health Interview Surveys From 1987, 1994, and 2000
From: Occupational heavy lifting and risk of ischemic heart disease and all-cause mortality
Characteristics | Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heavy lifting (n=2,655) | No heavy lifting (n=4,004) | P | Heavy lifting (n=1,576) | No heavy lifting (n=4,274) | P | ||
Age [median, (SD)] | 38.9 (12.5) | 42.7 (11.6) | <0.01 | 38.8 (11.0) | 40.9 (11.3) | <0.01 | |
Educational level [%] | |||||||
< 10 years | 20.5 | 11.6 | <0.01 | 19.2 | 12.6 | <0.01 | |
10-12 years | 45.8 | 27.6 | 33.6 | 24.3 | |||
13+ years | 33.7 | 60.8 | 47.2 | 63.1 | |||
Occupational physical activity [%] | |||||||
Low | 22.4 | 89.2 | <0.01 | 18.4 | 87.5 | <0.01 | |
High | 77.6 | 10.8 | 81.7 | 12.5 | |||
Physical activity in leisure time [%] | |||||||
Low | 68.3 | 67.1 | 0.35 | 81.5 | 81.9 | 0.73 | |
High | 31.7 | 32.9 | 18.5 | 18.1 | |||
Alcohol consumption [%] | |||||||
<1 drinks/day | 54.0 | 50.1 | <0.01 | 76.0 | 68.9 | <0.01 | |
1-2 drinks/day | 25.5 | 28.3 | 16.0 | 21.4 | |||
3-4 drinks/day | 11.0 | 13.0 | 5.3 | 7.0 | |||
>4 drinks/day | 9.5 | 8.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | |||
Smoking status [%] | |||||||
Daily smoking | 18.2 | 18.9 | <0.01 | 21.9 | 19.4 | <0.01 | |
Heavy smoking | 30.1 | 20.7 | 24.2 | 17.2 | |||
Never-smoking | 33.9 | 36.6 | 38.3 | 42.6 | |||
Ex-smoking | 17.8 | 23.8 | 15.5 | 20.8 | |||
BMI [%] | |||||||
<25 kg/m2 | 51.5 | 52.5 | 0.41 | 67.4 | 74.7 | <0.01 | |
25-30 kg/m2 | 39.7 | 39.5 | 23.6 | 19.1 | |||
>30 kg/m2 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 6.1 | |||
Hypertension [%] | |||||||
Yes | 5.6 | 8.1 | <0.01 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 0.93 | |
No | 94.4 | 91.9 | 92.3 | 92.2 | |||
Stress [%] | |||||||
Often | 6.6 | 9.6 | <0.01 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 0.98 | |
Sometimes /No | 93.4 | 90.4 | 89.4 | 89.3 | |||