Table 1.
Distribution of occupation status and demographic characteristics among SCD cases and overall mortality controls
| Male |
Female |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case (%) | Control (%) | p Value | Case (%) | Control (%) | p Value | |
| Total numbers | 478 | 458 | 168 | 164 | ||
| Age (years) | 50.2±9.8 | 49.5±10.2 | 0.24 | 51.1±11.0 | 51.2±10.1 | 0.95 |
| African-American | 35 (7.3) | 23 (5.0) | 0.14 | 14 (8.3) | 4 (2.4) | 0.02 |
| Current smoking | 196 (41.0) | 70 (15.3) | <0.001 | 50 (29.8) | 21 (12.8) | 0.001 |
| Educational attainment | 0.59 | 0.38 | ||||
| Less than high school | 68 (14.2) | 67 (14.6) | 16 (9.5) | 12 (7.3) | ||
| High school | 187 (39.1) | 189 (41.3) | 66 (39.3) | 59 (36.0) | ||
| Some college | 127 (26.6) | 126 (27.5) | 54 (32.1) | 49 (29.9) | ||
| Bachelor or higher | 96 (20.1) | 76 (16.6) | 32 (19.0) | 44 (26.8) | ||
| Occupation status | 0.01 | 0.62 | ||||
| White collar | 252 (52.7) | 200 (43.7) | 100 (59.5) | 91 (55.5) | ||
| Blue collar | 226 (47.3) | 254 (55.5) | 28 (16.7) | 34 (20.7) | ||
| Homemaker | 0 | 4 (0.8) | 40 (23.8) | 39 (23.8) | ||
Results presented as mean±SD for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical variables.
SCD, sudden cardiac death.