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. 2016 Feb 18;6(2):e010062. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010062

Table 1.

Characteristics of Korean adults aged 50 years or over by smoking status in Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2010–2012 (n=9064)

Smoking status
Current smoking, n (%) Past smoking, n (%) Indirect smoking, n (%) Non-smoking, n (%) p Value*
Variables†
Age (years) (mean±SE) 59.5±0.3 63.2±0.2 59.0±0.3 63.9±0.2 <0.0001
Sex
 Male 1242 (31.7) 2005 (51.2) 209 (5.3) 457 (11.7) <0.0001
 Female 195 (3.8) 150 (2.9) 1022 (19.8) 3784 (73.5)
Household income
 Low 460 (20.8) 474 (21.4) 282 (12.7) 1001 (45.2) <0.0001
 Mid-low 358 (15.9) 555 (24.6) 310 (13.7) 1035 (45.8)
 Mid-upper 336 (14.8) 544 (23.9) 314 (13.8) 1082 (47.5)
 High 268 (12.1) 554 (25.1) 310 (14.1) 1075 (48.7)
Education
 ≤Elementary school graduation 553 (12.8) 780 (18.0) 602 (13.9) 2398 (55.3) <0.0001
 Middle school graduation 287 (18.5) 369 (23.8) 257 (16.6) 637 (41.1)
 High school graduation 412 (19.6) 604 (28.8) 268 (12.8) 816 (38.9)
 ≥College graduation 178 (16.8) 399 (37.7) 101 (9.5) 381 (36.0)
Occupation
 Professional practice, managerial or administrative job 105 (21.0) 188 (37.7) 68 (13.6) 138 (27.7) <0.0001
 Office job 51 (21.7) 83 (35.3) 41 (17.5) 60 (25.5)
 Service or retail industry 111 (12.2) 172 (18.9) 330 (36.3) 296 (32.6)
 Skilled agriculture or fishery 259 (20.0) 333 (25.7) 173 (13.4) 529 (40.9)
 Machine and equipment manufacture and operation 242 (34.0) 270 (38.0) 102 (14.4) 97 (13.6)
 Manual labour 165 (15.8) 209 (20.0) 227 (21.7) 443 (42.4)
 Unemployment 493 (11.4) 891 (20.5) 286 (6.6) 2668 (61.5)
Residential area
 Dong 978 (15.0) 1599 (24.5) 876 (13.4) 3075 (47.1) 0.0732
 Eup/Myeon 459 (18.1) 556 (21.9) 355 (14.0) 1166 (46.0)
Body mass index (kg/m2) (mean±SE) 23.4±0.1 24.0±0.1 24.3±0.1 24.3±0.1 <0.0001
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL) 104.5±0.8 105.5±0.7 101.3±0.9 101.6±0.5 <0.0001
 <126 1179 (15.5) 1764 (23.2) 1083 (14.2) 3579 (47.1) <0.0001
 ≥126 188 (21.0) 263 (29.4) 95 (10.6) 350 (39.1)
Dietary habits
 4 meals or less during the past 2 days 175 (22.9) 138 (18.1) 141 (18.5) 309 (40.5) <0.0001
 5 meals or more during the past 2 days 1068 (14.1) 1848 (24.4) 1006 (13.3) 3660 (48.3)
Regular physical exercise
 No 784 (16.2) 1027 (21.2) 640 (13.2) 2390 (49.4) 0.0005
 Yes 640 (15.3) 1124 (26.8) 588 (14.0) 1837 (43.9)
Alcohol consumption
 Less than once a month 424 (8.2) 808 (15.7) 754 (14.7) 3158 (61.4) <0.0001
 1–4 times a month 368 (17.9) 573 (27.8) 328 (15.9) 791 (38.4)
 5 times a month or more 642 (35.0) 765 (41.8) 143 (7.8) 282 (15.4)
Experience of depressive symptoms
 No 1248 (16.9) 1922 (26.0) 935 (12.6) 3291 (44.5) <0.0001
 Yes 183 (11.1) 232 (14.0) 294 (17.8) 945 (57.1)

*p Value from t test or Rao-Scott χ2 test for continuous and categorical variables.

†Continuous variables are presented as mean±SE, and categorical variables are presented as n (%).