Table 1.
Prevalence and medians of CD-risk factors of the compared occupational groups
| Prevalence of elevated risks | median (P25-P75) | p1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | chef group | office group | chef group | office group | |||
| N | % | N | % | N = 45 | N = 48 | ||
| Physical and mental health | |||||||
| BMI > 25 kg/m2 | 28 | 62.2 | 28 | 58.3 | 26.1 (22.8-28.1) | 25.3 (22.6-27.4) | NS |
| body fat > 22% | 16 | 35.6 | 16 | 33.3 | 19.0 (15.0-24.0) | 19.5 (15.0-22.8) | NS |
| blood pressure > 130:85 mmHg | 16 | 35.6 | 18 | 37.5 | |||
| MECCA type A3 | 15 | 33.3 | 5 | 10.4 | 0.0012 | ||
| lifestyle factor: smoking | |||||||
| smokers | 16 | 35.6 | 8 | 16.7 | 0,0372 | ||
| blood parameters | |||||||
| fasting glucose > 6.4 mmol/l | 5 | 11.1 | 1 | 2.1 | 5.2 (4.7-5.7) | 5.4 (5.1-5.6) | NS |
| HbA1c > 6.1% | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | - | 5.3 (5.0-5.6) | 5.2 (5.0-5.4) | NS |
| TC > 5.2 mmol/l | 28 | 62.2 | 21 | 43.8 | 5.5 (4.9-5.9) | 5.1 (4.3-5.7) | 0.045 |
| LDL-C > 3.9 mmol/l | 15 | 33.3 | 11 | 22.9 | 3.5 (3.0-4.3) | 3.5 (2.8-3.9) | NS |
| HDL-C < 0.9 mmol/l | 6 | 13.3 | 6 | 12.5 | 1.3 (1.1-1.5) | 1.2 (1.0-1.3) | NS |
| TAG > 1.7 mmol/l | 12 | 26.7 | 13 | 27.1 | 1.2 (0.8-2.0) | 1.0 (0.7-1.8) | NS |
| Lp (a) > 30 mg/dl | 11 | 24.4 | 10 | 20.8 | 7.9 (4.8-32.2) | 7.3 (2.4-25.6) | NS |
| ApoB > 1.6 g/l | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1.1 (1.0-1.3) | 0.9 (0.7-1.1) | 0.002 |
| CRP > 3 mg/l | 18 | 40.0 | 11 | 22.9 | 2.0 (1.0-4.5) | 2.3 (1.0-3.0) | NS |
| uric acid > 420 μmol/l | 7 | 15.6 | 1 | 2.1 | 354 (308-389) | 322 (302-363) | 0.018 |
| homocysteine > 9.2 mmol/l | 8 | 17.8 | 12 | 25.0 | 8.0 (6.0-9.0) | 8.0 (6.8-9.3) | NS |
| vitamin B12 < 165 pmol/l | 1 | 2.2 | 1 | 2.1 | 265 (228-335) | 245 (203-285) | 0.027 |
| folic acid < 3.6 ng/ml | 2 | 4.4 | 4 | 8.3 | 7.7 (5.8-10.0) | 6.5 (5.4-8.7) | NS |
1 Mann-Whitney-U test
2 Pearson's χ2 test
3 for details see text