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. 2017 Oct 23;60(1):6–11. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001144

TABLE 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Demographics, Health Characteristics, and BMI for the Total Sample and by Each Occupation Group

Occupation Group
Variable Total Finance Education Healthcare Computer Manufac-turing Construction Science Hospitality Arts Protective Services Transportation Legal
Sex
 Male 19015 (47.3%) 3496 (61.9%) 1884 (38.7%) 1430 (35.6%) 2902 (81.5%) 1798 (77.2%) 1944 (87.5%) 1633 (83.8%) 997 (61.4%) 733 (54.5%) 984 (83.7%) 704 (84.6%) 510 (69.1%)
 Female 11300 (52.7%) 2154 (38.1%) 2986 (61.3%) 2588 (64.4%) 659 (18.5%) 532 (22.8%) 277 (12.5%) 316 (16.2%) 627 (38.6%) 613 (45.5%) 192 (16.3%) 128 (15.4%) 228 (30.9%)
Race
 White 16833 (64.1%) 3177 (56.2%) 3199 (65.7%) 2275 (56.6%) 1818 (51.1%) 1172 (50.3%) 1327 (59.7%) 1013 (52.0%) 687 (42.3%) 794 (59.0%) 556 (47.3%) 415 (49.9%) 400 (54.2%)
 Minority 13482 (35.9%) 2473 (43.8%) 1671 (34.3%) 1743 (43.4%) 1743 (48.9%) 1158 (49.7%) 894 (40.3%) 936 (48.0%) 937 (57.7%) 552 (41.0%) 620 (52.7%) 417 (50.1%) 338 (45.8%)
Income
 <$25k 2617 (18.8%) 238 (4.2%) 369b (7.6%) 313 (7.8%) 94 (2.6%) 284 (12.2%) 388 (17.5%) 52 (2.7%) 508 (31.3%) 145 (10.8%) 106 (9.0%) 95 (11.4%) 25 (3.4%)
 $25k–$50k 6089 (25.8%) 872 (15.4%) 1044 (21.4%) 857 (21.3%) 451 (12.7%) 627 (26.9%) 635 (28.6%) 227 (11.6%) 461 (28.4%) 287 (21.3%) 283 (24.1%) 247 (29.7%) 98 (13.3%)
 $50k–$75k 6401 (19.2%) 1159 (20.5%) 1186 (24.4%) 835 (20.8%) 758 (21.3%) 497 (21.3%) 507 (22.8%) 357 (18.3%) 292 (18.0%) 277 (20.6%) 235 (20.0%) 209 (25.1%) 89 (12.1%)
 ≥$75k 14104 (30.5%) 3202 (56.7%) 2094 (43.0%) 1808 (45.0%) 2163 (60.7%) 848 (36.4%) 620 (27.9%) 1234 (63.3%) 285 (17.5%) 580 (43.1%) 525 (44.6%) 261 (31.4%) 484 (65.6%)
Marital status
 Single 8864 (28.1%) 1589 (28.1%) 1188 (24.4%) 1123 (27.9%) 860 (24.2%) 760 (32.6%) 646 (29.1%) 519 (26.6%) 879 (54.1%) 526 (39.1%) 299 (25.4%) 245 (29.4%) 230 (31.2%)
 Married 18163 (56.1%) 3466 (61.3%) 3050 (62.6%) 2397 (59.7%) 2405 (67.5%) 1328 (57.0%) 1308 (58.9%) 1297 (66.5%) 593 (36.5%) 696 (51.7%) 723 (61.5%) 476 (57.2%) 424 (57.5%)
Education attainment
 Less than university degree 8311 (46.2%) 1111 (19.7%) 552 (11.3%) 918 (22.8%) 637 (17.9%) 1060 (45.5%) 1378 (62.0%) 175 (9.0%) 1071 (65.9%) 340 (25.3%) 524 (44.6%) 476 (57.2%) 69 (9.3%)
 At least university degree 21976 (53.7%) 4537 (80.3%) 4317 (88.6%) 3095 (77.0%) 2921 (82.0%) 1266 (54.3%) 838 (37.7%) 1772 (90.9%) 549 (33.8%) 1005 (74.7%) 651 (55.4%) 356 (42.8%) 669 (90.7%)
Exercise frequency in past month
 None 7715 (35.8%) 1251 (22.1%) 1164 (23.9%) 1116 (27.8%) 773 (21.7%) 667 (28.6%) 726 (32.7%) 401 (20.6%) 552 (34.0%) 293 (21.8%) 328 (27.9%) 281 (33.8%) 163 (22.1%)
 20 + minutes ≥1 time 22494 (63.9%) 4375 (77.4%) 3698 (75.9%) 2894 (72.0%) 2764 (77.6%) 1660 (71.2%) 1489 (67.0%) 1544 (79.2%) 1058 (65.1%) 1048 (77.9%) 844 (71.8%) 547 (65.7%) 573 (77.6%)
Smoking status
 Current smoker 5119 (18.7%) 824 (14.6%) 444 (9.1%) 574 (14.3%) 610 (17.1%) 535 (23.0%) 753 (33.9%) 268 (13.8%) 463 (28.5%) 202 (15.0%) 196 (16.7%) 174 (20.9%) 76 (10.3%)
 Former smoker 5973 (24.9%) 1165 (20.6%) 858 (17.6%) 800 (19.9%) 605 (17.0%) 493 (21.2%) 502 (22.6%) 315 (16.2%) 303 (18.7%) 303 (22.5%) 280 (23.8%) 187 (22.5%) 162 (22.0%)
 Never smoked 12113 (31.3%) 2203 (39.0%) 2279 (46.8%) 1737 (43.2%) 1423 (40.0%) 812 (34.8%) 616 (27.7%) 822 (42.2%) 590 (36.3%) 544 (40.4%) 469 (39.9%) 315 (37.9%) 303 (41.1%)
Alcohol use
 Does not currently drink 7404 (32.9%) 1268 (22.4%) 1371 (28.2%) 995 (24.8%) 878 (24.7%) 537 (23.0%) 538 (24.2%) 445 (22.8%) 457 (28.1%) 278 (20.7%) 282 (24.0%) 228 (27.4%) 127 (17.2%)
 Currently drinks 22900 (67.0%) 4381 (77.5%) 3498 (71.8%) 3021 (75.2%) 2681 (75.3%) 1792 (76.9%) 1682 (75.7%) 1504 (77.2%) 1164 (71.7%) 1068 (79.3%) 894 (76.0%) 604 (72.6%) 611 (82.8%)
BMI
 Normal 11363 (35.6%) 2187 (38.7%) 1879 (38.6%) 1541 (38.4%) 1401 (39.3%) 826 (35.5%) 730 (32.9%) 824 (42.3%) 659 (40.6%) 540 (40.1%) 271 (23.0%) 222 (26.7%) 283 (38.3%)
 Overweight 10499 (32.4%) 2030 (35.9%) 1530 (31.4%) 1267 (31.5%) 1281 (36.0%) 807 (34.6%) 843 (38.0%) 716 (36.7%) 527 (32.5%) 460 (34.2%) 444 (37.8%) 314 (37.7%) 280 (37.9%)
 Obese class I 4972 (17.4%) 868 (15.4%) 829 (17.0%) 661 (16.5%) 531 (14.9%) 409 (17.6%) 401 (18.1%) 255 (13.1%) 259 (15.9%) 204 (15.2%) 278 (23.6%) 169 (20.3%) 108 (14.6%)
 Obese class II 2039 (8.1%) 326 (5.8%) 358 (7.4%) 325 (8.1%) 198 (5.6%) 173 (7.4%) 164 (7.4%) 92 (4.7%) 103 (6.3%) 86 (6.4%) 109 (9.3%) 68 (8.2%) 37 (5.0%)
 Obese class III 1442 (6.6%) 239 (4.2%) 274 (5.6%) 224 (5.6%) 150 (4.2%) 115 (4.9%) 83 (3.7%) 62 (3.2%) 76 (4.7%) 56 (4.2%) 74 (6.3%) 59 (7.1%) 30 (4.1%)
Continuous Variables
Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD
Age mean ± SD 41.89 ± 13.13 42.46 ± 13.17 44.75 ± 13.74 42.03 ± 13.07 41.16 ± 11.48 40.64 ± 12.37 42.84 ± 13.16 42.13 ± 13.32 34.61 ± 12.57 39.61 ± 13.64 40.87 ± 11.96 42.60 ± 12.65 43.02 ± 13.38
CCI mean ± SD .30 ± .84 .31 ± .89 .29 ± .80 .30 ± .85 .30 ± .80 .31 ± .81 .37 ± .97 .23 ± .71 .30 ± .92 .26 ± .78 .26 ± .80 .28 ± .88 .33 ± .93
Overall work impairment 17.00 ± 26.22 16.35 ± 26.28 14.65 ± 23.80 15.16 ± 24.83 19.89 ± 29.08 18.46 ± 26.55 20.54 ± 27.53 16.25 ± 26.23 19.54 ± 26.98 16.48 ± 25.13 16.33 ± 25.18 18.20 ± 28.03 14.88 ± 24.48
Indirect costs $6,200.72 ± $10,865.10 $5,886.73 ± $10,483.69 $5,002.81 ± $9,215.86 $5,273.08 ± $10,019.19 $7,259.61 ± $11,726.75 $6,999.74 ± $11,439.49 $8,053.17 ± $12,119.62 $6,570.51 ± $11,978.59 $6,027.41 ± $10,259.33 $5,906.08 ± $10,542.17 $6,569.27 ± $11,140.94 $7,571.84 ± $13,275.64 $5,673.04 ± $11,127.74

BMI, body mass index; CCI, Charlson comorbidity index; SD, standard deviation.