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Table 2 Behavioral factors of the study subjects by commuting mode

From: Association of commuting mode with dyslipidemia and its components after accounting for air pollution in the working population of Beijing, China

Characteristics

Total

(n = 8090)

Car or Taxi

(n = 2325)

Walking

(n = 957)

Cycling

(n = 933)

Bus

(n = 1937)

Subway

(n = 1938)

P value

Self–reported work stress (n, %)

      

< 0.0001

 Low

1155 (14.28)

292 (12.56)

154 (16.09)

155 (16.61)

323 (16.68)

231 (11.92)

 

 Moderate

3580 (44.25)

989 (42.54)

445 (46.50)

398 (42.66)

840 (43.37)

908 (46.85)

 

 High

3355 (41.47)

1044 (44.90)

358 (37.41)

380 (40.73)

774 (39.96)

799 (41.23)

 

Physical activity frequency (n, %)

      

< 0.0001

Less than once every week

4078 (50.41)

1158 (49.81)

346 (36.15)

417 (44.69)

1065 (54.98)

1092 (56.35)

 

More than once every week

2545 (31.46)

793 (34.11)

301 (31.45)

285 (30.55)

558 (28.81)

608 (31.37)

 

More than once every day

1467 (18.13)

374 (16.09)

310 (32.39)

231 (24.76)

314 (16.21)

238 (12.28)

 

Physical activity intensity (n, %)

      

< 0.0001

Mild (walking, Tai Chi, dancing)

5525 (68.29)

1579 (67.91)

596 (62.28)

549 (58.84)

1408 (72.69)

1393 (71.88)

 

Moderate (jogging, cycling, climbing)

1869 (23.10)

500 (21.51)

252 (26.33)

300 (32.15)

413 (21.32)

404 (20.85)

 

Vigorous (swimming, playing ball games, rope skipping)

696 (8.60)

246 (10.58)

109 (11.39)

84 (9.00)

116 (5.99)

141 (7.28)

 

Sleep duration (n, %)

      

< 0.0001

 <  6 h/day

7212 (89.15)

2036 (87.57)

843 (88.09)

842 (90.25)

1708 (88.18)

1783 (92.00)

 

 ≥ 6 h/day

878 (10.85)

289 (12.43)

114 (11.91)

91 (9.75)

229 (11.82)

155 (8.00)

 

Current or previous smoker (n, %)

1957 (24.19)

766 (32.95)

211 (22.05)

254 (27.22)

381 (19.67)

345 (17.80)

< 0.0001

Current or previous alcohol consumption (n, %)

3240 (40.05)

1076 (46.28)

371 (38.77)

404 (43.30)

706 (36.45)

683 (35.24)

< 0.0001

 High vegetable intake (n, %)

1014 (12.53)

265 (11.40)

127 (13.27)

108 (11.58)

249 (12.85)

265 (13.67)

0.1666

 Excessive meat intake (n, %)

1086 (13.42)

389 (16.73)

102 (10.66)

118 (12.65)

220 (11.36)

257 (13.26)

< 0.0001

 Excessive fat intake (n, %)

387 (4.78)

91 (3.91)

52 (5.43)

38 (4.07)

89 (4.59)

117 (6.04)

0.0133

 Excessive salt intake (n, %)

1746 (21.58)

522 (22.45)

202 (21.11)

218 (23.37)

430 (22.20)

374 (19.30)

0.0534

 Excessive sugar intake (n, %)

722 (8.92)

209 (8.99)

72 (7.52)

79 (8.47)

186 (9.60)

176 (9.08)

0.4456

Medication history for hypertension (n, %)

593 (7.33)

206 (8.86)

57 (5.96)

86 (9.22)

160 (8.26)

84 (4.33)

< 0.0001

Medication history for diabetes (n, %)

199 (2.46)

69 (2.97)

20 (2.09)

40 (4.29)

47 (2.43)

23 (1.19)

< 0.0001

Medication history for dyslipidemia (n, %)

168 (2.08)

56 (2.41)

17 (1.78)

26 (2.79)

39 (2.01)

30 (1.55)

< 0.0001

  1. Data are presented as n (%)