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. 2014 Nov 8;53(2):132–138. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2014-0157

Table 1. Basal characteristics of 1,809 male workers stratified by work stress or home stress.

Work stress p valuea Home stress p valuea


Presence (N=1,154) Absence (N=655) Presence (N=331) Absence (N=1,478)
Age (yr) 35.9 ± 8.7 34.6 ± 9.9 0.003 35.4 ± 8.3 35.4 ± 9.4 0.940
Body mass index (kg/m2) 23.4 ± 3.8 23.0 ± 9.9 0.031 23.3 ± 3.9 23.3 ± 3.7 0.881
Sleep duration (min) 416 ± 56 425 ± 52 <0.001 412 ± 59 421 ± 54 0.016
Regular exercise (%) 18.0 17.9 0.949 16.0 18.4 0.342
Smoking habit (%) 60.1 60.8 0.803 66.2 59.0 0.018
Drinking habit (%) 70.4 64.4 0.010 72.2 67.3 0.090
Ethanol ingestion (g/day) 21.8 ± 30.6 19.1 ± 28.8 0.071 23.4 ± 32.1 20.2 ± 29.5 0.080

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 119 ± 14 118 ± 14 0.615 118 ± 14 119 ± 14 0.280
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 71 ± 11 70 ± 11 0.043 70 ± 11 71 ± 11 0.202
Heart rate (beats/min) 68 ± 10 68 ± 10 0.510 68 ± 10 68 ± 10 0.554
QTc interval (msec1/2) 393 ± 20 391 ± 20 0.048 395 ± 20 392 ± 20 0.040
QT index (%) 94.7 ± 4.4 94.3 ± 4.5 0.067 95.0 ± 4.4 94.4 ± 4.4 0.032

a Student t test or Fisher exact probability