Table 1.
Characteristics of women and men by healthcare worker status. The Tromsø Staph and Skin Study (n = 2279*)
| Women (n = 1302*) | Men (n = 977*) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-HCWs (n = 968) | HCWs (n = 334) | P † | Non-HCWs (n = 906) | HCWs (n = 71) | P † | |
| Age, years | 52·5 (10·5) | 49·2 (8·9) | <0·001 | 51·0 (9·6) | 48·1 (9·2) | 0·01 |
| Higher education level‡ | 372 (38·9) | 155 (47·3 ) | 0·008 | 386 (42·9) | 33 (46·5) | 0·56 |
| Lower household income§ | 198 (22·0) | 43 (13·6) | 0·001 | 83 (9·4) | 4 (5·7) | 0·30 |
| Residing with children | 339 (40·3) | 147 (50·9) | 0·002 | 366 (45·9) | 38 (57·6) | 0·07 |
| Hospitalization last 12 months | 95 (9·9) | 33 (10·1) | 0·94 | 74 (8·2) | 12 (17·1) | 0·01 |
| Daily smoking | 198 (20·9) | 70 (21·1) | 0·93 | 178 (19·8) | 10 (14·1) | 0·24 |
| Alcohol intake ⩾2 times/week | 207 (21·6) | 53 (16·1) | 0·03 | 219 (24·4) | 25 (35·2) | 0·04 |
| Low leisure physical activity|| | 179 (19·4) | 40 (12·5) | 0·005 | 173 (19·5) | 14 (20·3) | 0·88 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 26·5 (4·7) | 26·7 (5·0) | 0·41 | 27·6 (3·8) | 27·2 (3·6) | 0·43 |
| Diabetes | 31 (3·3) | 6 (1·8) | 0·25¶ | 25 (2·8) | 2 (3·0) | 0·71¶ |
| Atopic eczema (ever) | 88 (9·9) | 36 (11·9) | 0·33 | 57 (6·9) | 6 (9·8) | 0·38 |
HCW, Healthcare worker.
Values are given as means (standard deviation), and numbers (%).
*
Numbers may vary due to missing information.
†
Two-sided Student's t test for continuous variables. Pearson's χ2 test for categorical variables.
‡
⩾College/university degree.
§
<€37000/year.
||
Mostly sedentary recreational physical activity, e.g. watching TV.
¶
Fisher's exact test.