Characteristics | Hours of work a day | p Value | ||||
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<8.0 (n=358) | 8.0–8.9 (n=339) | 9.0–9.9 (n=220) | 10.0–10.9 (n=175) | ⩾11.0 (n=174) | ||
Age (y) | 48.5 (6.0) | 47.6 (5.6) | 46.1 (5.9) | 44.4 (5.4) | 44.3 (6.5) | <0.001 |
Occupation (%): | ||||||
Architect or research worker | 49.4 | 64.9 | 57.7 | 67.4 | 69.5 | <0.001 |
Position (%): | ||||||
Manager | 61.5 | 60.5 | 56.8 | 47.4 | 45.4 | <0.001 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 23.3 (2.6) | 23.1 (2.6) | 22.6 (2.6) | 22.8 (2.5) | 23.1 (2.6) | 0.015 |
Cigarette smoking (%): | ||||||
Smoking cigarettes currently | 52.8 | 51.9 | 45.0 | 51.4 | 52.9 | 0.406 |
Alcohol intake (%): | ||||||
Consuming alcohol every day | 62.0 | 64.6 | 63.2 | 68.6 | 52.9 | 0.035 |
Eating breakfast (%): | ||||||
Not eating breakfast every morning | 12.8 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 15.5 | 20.7 | 0.229 |
Vegetable consumption (%): | ||||||
Not eating vegetables every meal | 52.8 | 47.2 | 43.6 | 50.3 | 52.9 | 0.190 |
Fruit consumption (%): | ||||||
Not eating fruit every day | 72.3 | 70.2 | 70.9 | 68.0 | 80.5 | 0.082 |
Physical exercise (%): | ||||||
Exercising less than once a week | 46.9 | 44.0 | 44.1 | 45.7 | 57.5 | 0.044 |
Family history of diabetes (%): | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 0.417 |
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 129.1 (14.9) | 129.0 (15.0) | 128.8 (15.3) | 125.0 (14.5) | 125.6 (14.8) | 0.004 |
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 77.7 (11.2) | 77.1 (11.2) | 77.8 (11.0) | 75.1 (10.8) | 75.6 (10.6) | 0.029 |
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/l) | 5.05 (0.38) | 5.07 (0.45) | 5.05 (0.41) | 5.01 (0.42) | 4.99 (0.46) | 0.277 |
Total cholesterol (mmol/l) | 5.06 (0.82) | 5.11 (0.85) | 5.08 (0.82) | 5.00 (0.72) | 5.02 (0.82) | 0.643 |
High density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/l) | 1.38 (0.34) | 1.39 (0.32) | 1.38 (0.27) | 1.43 (0.34) | 1.38 (0.27) | 0.335 |
Triglycerides (mmol/l) | 1.59 (1.23) | 1.51 (1.30) | 1.36 (0.89) | 1.35 (0.93) | 1.37 (0.90) | 0.031 |
↵1-150 Unless otherwise indicated, values are expressed as the mean (SD).