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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 7,649 study participants according to the baseline working mode

From: The relationship between occupational physical activity and dyslipidaemia in farmers with varying working modes in southwest China: the China multi-ethnic cohort study

 

Total

No change

Changing job

Seasonal changes

Seasonal and job changes

P value

Participants, n (%)

7 649 (100.0)

1 074 (14.0)

417 (5.5)

4 671 (61.1)

1 487 (19.4)

 

Age (years)

52.7 (46.1, 61.0)

56.2 (48.9, 65.1)

47.7 (41.3, 53.4)

54.0 (47.8, 62.3)

48.1 (42.6, 53.6)

 < 0.001*

BMI (kg/m2)

23.7 (21.4, 26.2)

23.8 (21.3, 26.4)

24.4 (22.1, 26.7)

23.5 (21.2, 26.0)

24.0 (21.4, 26.2)

 < 0.001*

TC (mmol/L)

4.9 (4.3, 5.5)

4.8 (4.3, 5.5)

4.9 (4.3, 5.4)

4.9 (4.3, 5.5)

4.8 (4.2,5.4)

0.016*

TG (mmol/L)

1.4 (1.0, 2.0)

1.4 (0.9, 2.0)

1.4 (1.0, 2.1)

1.4 (1.0, 2.0)

1.4 (1.0, 2.2)

0.002*

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.7 (2.2, 3.2)

2.6 (2.2, 3.2)

2.7 (2.1, 3.2)

2.7 (2.2, 3.3)

2.6 (2.1, 3.1)

0.051*

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.5 (1.3, 1.7)

1.5 (1.3, 1.7)

1.4 (1.2, 1.7)

1.5 (1.3, 1.7)

1.4 (1.2, 1.7)

 < 0.001*

Leisure sedentary time (h/week)

14.0 (7.0, 21.0)

14.0 (7.0, 21.0)

14.0 (7.0, 21.0)

14.0 (7.0, 21.0)

14.00 (7.0, 21.0)

 < 0.001*

Total energy intake (kcal/week)

10,447.9 (8121.3, 13,440.8)

10,110.5 (7847.2, 12,889.7)

11,132.3 (8651.5, 14,170.1)

10,235.32 (7950.2, 13,234.1)

11,349.2

(8886.3, 14,334.7)

 < 0.001*

Sleeping time (h/d)

8.0 (6.0, 8.0)

7.0 (6.0, 8.0)

7.0 (6.0, 8.0)

8.0 (6.0, 8.0)

7.0 (6.0, 8.0)

 < 0.001*

OPA (MET-h/day)

19.9 (11.9, 31.1)

21.1 (10.6, 42.3)

36.3 (20.2, 59.4)

17.3 (10.7, 24.6)

31.7 (20.1, 45.2)

 < 0.001*

TPA, n (%)

7270 (95.0)

986 (91.8)

379(90.9)

4500 (96.3)

1405 (94.5)

 < 0.001**

DPA, n (%)

7265 (95.0)

1012 (94.2)

391 (93.8)

4471 95.7)

1391 (93.5)

0.002**

LTPA, n (%)

915 (12.0)

158 (14.7)

90 (21.6)

456 (9.8)

211 (14.2)

 < 0.001**

Men, n (%)

2798 (36.6)

310 (28.9)

195 (46.8)

1534 (32.8)

759 (51.0)

 < 0.001**

Married/Cohabitating, n (%)

6900 (90.2)

885 (82.4)

389 (92.6)

4230 (90.6)

1399 (94.1)

 < 0.001**

Smoking, n (%)

1423 (18.6)

168 (15.6)

93 (22.3)

800 (17.1)

362 (24.3)

 < 0.001**

Alcohol drinking, n (%)

3643 (47.6)

473 (44.0)

263 (63.1)

1995 (42.7)

912 (61.3)

 < 0.001**

Tea intake, n (%)

992 (13.0)

142 (13.2)

66 (15.8)

586 (12.5)

198 (13.3)

0.264**

Beverage intake, n (%)

260 (3.4)

35 (3.3)

21 (5.0)

131 (2.8)

73 (4.9)

 < 0.001**

Ethnic, n (%)

     

 < 0.001**

  Miao

1990 (26.0)

349 (32.5)

138 (33.1)

1114 (23.8)

389 (26.2)

 

  Dong

3283 (42.9)

405 (37.7)

138 (33.1)

2136 (45.7)

604 (40.6)

 

  Bouyei

2376 (31.1)

320 (29.8)

141 (33.8)

1421 (30.4)

494 (33.2)

 

Highest education completed, n (%)

     

 < 0.001**

  No formal school

4442 (58.1)

695 (64.7)

124 (29.7)

3079 (65.9)

544 (36.6)

 

  Primary school

1502 (19.6)

175 (16.3)

99 (23.7)

881 (18.9)

347 (23.3)

 

  Middle school

1263 (16.5)

143 (13.3)

101 (24.2)

600 (12.8)

419 (28.2)

 

  High school

290 (3.8)

41 (3.8)

48 (11.5)

103 (2.2)

98 (6.6)

 

  College or university

152 (2.0)

20 (1.9)

45 (10.8)

8 (0.2)

79 (5.3)

 

Annual income, whole family (Yuan/year), n (%)

     

 < 0.001**

   < 12 000

3191 (41.7)

480 (44.7)

88 (21.1)

2176 (46.6)

447 (30.1)

 

  12 000 − 19 999

1971 (25.8)

211 (19.6)

86 (20.6)

1250 (26.8)

424 (28.5)

 

  20 000 − 59 999

1935 (25.3)

280 (26.1)

153 (36.7)

1032 (22.1)

470 (31.6)

 

  60 000 − 99 999

359 (4.7)

67 (6.2)

53 (12.7)

136 (2.9)

103 (6.9)

 

   ≥ 100 000

188 (2.5)

35 (3.3)

37 (8.9)

74 (1.6)

42 (2.8)

 
  1. Data are presented as numbers (percentage) or medians (interquartile range). *Kruskal–Wallis test; **Chi-square test. BMI Body mass index, TC Total cholesterol, TG Triglycerides, HDL-C High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, LDL-C Low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, OPA Occupational physical activity, TPA Transportation physical activity, DPA Domestic physical activity, LTPA Leisure-time physical activity