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Table 2 Prevalence of overweight/obesity and obesity according to current shift work and tertile of shift work duration

From: Association between shift work and obesity among female nurses: Korean Nurses’ Survey

Variables

Total

Current shift work

P-value

Tertile of shift work duration

Pfor trend

No

Yes

Tertile 1

Tertile 2

Tertile 3

 

(n = 9,989)

(n = 4,702)

(n = 5,287)

 

(n = 1,732)

(n = 1,731)

(n = 1,686)

 

BMI category

              

 < 23 kg/m2

8134

(81.4)

3578

(76.1)

4556

(86.2)

<0.001

1593

(92.0)

1546

(89.3)

1300

(77.1)

<0.001

 ≥ 23 kg/m2 a

1855

(18.6)

1124

(23.9)

731

(13.8)

139

(8.0)

185

(10.7)

386

(22.9)

BMI category

              

 < 25 kg/m2

9253

(92.6)

4274

(90.9)

4979

(94.2)

<0.001

1678

(96.9)

1647

(95.1)

1524

(90.4)

<0.001

 ≥ 25 kg/m2 b

736

(7.4)

428

(9.1)

308

(5.8)

54

(3.1)

84

(4.9)

162

(9.6)

  1. Data are expressed as n (%) and tested by chi-square test.
  2. aOverweight and obesity combined.
  3. bObesity.