Table 1.
Baseline characteristics among 113 hospitalised decontamination workers
| Characteristics | All patients (n=113) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Median age in years (age range) | 54 | (18–69) |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 112 | 99.1% |
| Female | 1 | 0.9% |
| Origination | ||
| Fukushima Prefecture | 15 | 13.3% |
| Other | 98 | 86.7% |
| Time the condition leading to admission developed | ||
| During work | 40 | 35.4% |
| Not during work | 73 | 64.6% |
| Alcohol use | ||
| User | 83 | 73.5% |
| Ethanol >40 g/day | 28 | 24.8% |
| Smoking status | ||
| Current smoker | 94 | 83.1% |
| 15 Cigarettes/day or more | 64 | 56.6% |
| Insurance coverage | ||
| Uninsured | 11 | 9.7% |
| Industrial accident | 14 | 12.4% |
| Traffic accident | 3 | 2.7% |
| Insured | 85 | 75.2% |
| Marital status | ||
| Unmarried* | 77 | 68.1% |
| Married | 36 | 31.9% |
| Underlying diseases | ||
| Hypertension | 72 | 63.7% |
| Untreated | 57 | 79.2%† |
| Treated | 15 | 20.8%† |
| Dyslipidaemia | 45 | 39.8% |
| Untreated | 37 | 82.2%‡ |
| Treated | 8 | 20.5%‡ |
| Diabetes mellitus | 27 | 23.8% |
| Untreated | 18 | 66.7%§ |
| Treated | 9 | 33.3%§ |
| Measured values of blood pressure, body mass index, lipids, blood sugar and HbA1c | ||
| Median value | Value range | |
| Blood pressure (n=112) | ||
| Systolic blood pressure | 140 | 92–224 |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 83.5 | 47–157 |
| Body mass index (n=79) | 23.8 | 18.1–42.5 |
| Lipids (n=65) | ||
| LDL cholesterol | 108 | 2–212 |
| HDL cholesterol | 48 | 14–99 |
| Triglyceride | 118 | 44–325 |
| Diabetes measures | ||
| Blood sugar (n=105) | 118 | 79–472 |
| HbA1c (n=71) | 5.8 | 4.4–12.1 |
*Divorced or never married.
†As a percentage of all hypertensive patients.
‡As a percentage of all dyslipidaemic patients.
§As a percentage of all diabetic patients.