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. 2012 Jun 13;5:289. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-289

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and health characteristics of 470 office workers from 12 different companies in Kuwait City collected in June/July 2008

Characteristics Total for Item N (%)
Gender
466
 
 Male
 
259 (55.6)
 Female
 
207 (44.4)
Age group (years)
466
 
 20–30
 
283 (60.7)
 31–40
 
111 (23.8)
 41–50
 
55 (11.8)
 51+
 
17 (3.7)
Marital status
467
 
 Married
 
239 (51.2)
 Single
 
210 (45.0)
 Divorced/widowed
 
18 (3.9)
Work type
452
 
 Professional/white collar
 
444 (98.2)
 Labor
 
8 (1.8)
Body mass index (BMI)
432
 
 Underweight (BMI: < 18.5)
 
8 (1.9)
 Normal (BMI: 18.5 - < 25)
 
162 (37.5)
 Overweight (BMI: 25 - < 30)
 
172 (39.8)
 Obese (BMI: 30+)
 
90 (20.8)
Self-rated health
413
 
 Excellent/very good
 
174 (42.1)
 Good
 
164 (39.7)
 Fair/poor
 
75 (18.2)
Previous wrist injury
413
 
 Yes
 
84 (20.3)
 No
 
329 (79.7)
Computer Use
397
 
 None
 
8 (2.0)
 < 3 hours per day
 
115 (29.0)
 > 3 hours per day
 
274 (69.0)
Number of comorbidities
381
 
 0
 
247 (64.8)
 1
 
75 (19.7)
 2
 
35 (9.2)
 3+
 
24 (6.3)
Exercise frequency
369
 
 0 hour/week
 
134 (37.7)
 1 hour/week
 
114 (30.9)
 ≥2 hours/week
 
116 (31.4)
Smoking status
362
 
 Yes
 
96 (26.5)
 No   266 (73.5)