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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics at baseline (n = 103)

From: Associations of effort-reward imbalance at work and quality of life among workers after stroke: a one-year longitudinal study in Thailand

  

E-R ratio

p value

Over-commitment

p value

Low (n = 80)

High (n = 23)

Low (n = 69)

High (n = 34)

Age (years)

 

47.56 ± 8.82

44.30 ± 10.34

0.18

47.74 ± 8.28

45.00 ± 10.81

0.20

Male, n (%)

 

54 (67.50)

14 (60.87)

0.55

51 (73.91)

17 (50.00)

0.02

Marital status, n (%)

Single

11 (13.75)

4 (17.39)

0.20

9 (13.04)

6 (17.65)

0.82

 

Married

66 (82.50)

16 (69.57)

 

56 (81.16)

26 (76.47)

 
 

Divorced/Widowed

3 (3.75)

3 (13.04)

 

4 (5.80)

2 (5.88)

 

Monthly Income (Thai bath)

 

16954.38 ± 9190.60

15478.26 ± 9418.89

0.51

14814.49 ± 7214.53

20298.53 ± 11598.32

0.02

Education level, n (%)

Less than Bachelor’s degree

15 (18.75)

2 (8.70)

0.25

7 (10.14)

10 (29.41)

0.01

 

Bachelor degree or more

65 (81.25)

21 (91.30)

 

62 (89.86)

24 (70.59)

 

Current smokers, n (%)

 

23 (28.75)

8 (34.78)

0.58

23 (33.33)

8 (23.53)

0.31

Alcohol drinkers, n (%)

 

38 (47.50)

16 (69.57)

0.06

38 (55.07)

16 (47.06)

0.44

BMI (Kg/m2)

 

24.06 ± 3.72

25.05 ± 4.07

0.30

23.43 ± 3.07

26.00 ± 4.55

0.005

Family history of stroke, n (%)

 

7 (8.75)

4 (17.39)

0.24

6 (8.70)

5 (14.71)

0.35

Cardiometabolic disease, n (%)

 

17 (21.25)

5 (21.74)

0.96

12 (17.39)

10 (29.41)

0.16

NIHSS at admission

 

4.93 ± 3.88

6.74 ± 4.40

0.08

5.25 ± 4.17

5.50 ± 3.85

0.76

  1. Continuous variables were shown as mean ± SD, while categorical variables were shown as frequencies and percentages (n, %). Differences in continuous and categorical variables were examined by a t-test and a chi-squared test, respectively. NIHSS: national institutes of health stroke scale; BMI: body mass index (Kg/m2)