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Table 1 Demographics and lifestyle characteristics of the included senior workers

From: Joint association of physical work demands and leg pain intensity for work limitations due to pain in senior workers: cross-sectional study

 

n

Mean (95% CI)

SD

% (95% CI)

Age (years)

12,879

56.6 (56.5–56.7)

5.4

 

Sex

 Men

7054

  

53.4 (52.4–54.3)

 Women

5825

  

46.6 (45.7–47.6)

 BMI

 

26.4 (26.3–26.5)

5.1

 

Smoking

 No, never

5714

  

48.3 (47.3–49.3)

 Ex-smoker

4110

  

34.3 (33.3–35.2)

 Yes, but not every day

373

  

3.3 (2.9–3.6)

 Yes, every day

1729

  

14.2 (13.5–14.9)

Physical activity during leisure

 Mostly sedentary

1779

  

14.8 (14.0–15.5)

 Light exercise at least 4 h

7202

  

60.9 (59.9–61.9)

 Sports or heavy physical activity at least 4 h per week

2697

  

22.3 (21.5–23.1)

 Training and competing regularly and several times a week

233

  

2.0 (1.7–2.3)

Psychosocial work factors (0–100)

 Recognition from colleagues

12,111

77.0 (76.6–77.4)

22.5

 

 Influence at work

12,128

77.5 (77.1–77.9)

23.8

 

Physical activity at work

 Mostly sedentary work that is not physically demanding

5909

  

47.4 (46.3–48.4)

 Mostly standing and walking work that otherwise is not physically demanding

2698

  

23.6 (22.7–24.4)

 Standing or walking work with some lifting- and carrying tasks

2779

  

22.9 (22.0–23.8)

 Heavy or fast work that is physically demanding

787

  

6.2 (5.7–6.7)

Work-limiting pain

 To a very large degree

166

  

1.2 (1.0–1.5)

 To a large degree

337

  

3.0 (2.7–3.4)

 To some degree

1578

  

13.3 (12.5–14.0)

 To a small degree

3420

  

29.5 (28.5–30.4)

 Not at all

6285

  

53.0 (52.0–54.0)

  1. BMI body mass index (kg/m2); n number; SD standard deviation; % percentage