Table 1. General characteristics of staff members living in urban and forest environments.
| Environment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Forest | ||
| N = 110 | N = 90 | p-valued | |
| Age (year) | 44.8 ± 6.6 | 45.2 ± 10.6 | 0.704 |
| Male sex (%) | 53.64 | 66.67 | 0.062 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 23.8 ± 3.48 | 24.59 ± 3.54 | 0.113 |
| Waist (cm) | 81.52 ± 9.61 | 84.15 ± 8.80 | 0.049 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 125.06 ± 14.01 | 130.34 ± 15.28 | 0.012 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 80.07 ± 10.75 | 83.19 ± 10.17 | 0.039 |
| Hypertension (%) | 26.36 | 24.44 | 0.757 |
| Hypertension with medication (%) | 9.09 | 10.0 | 0.827 |
| Fasting glucose (mg/dL) | 85.83 ± 9.28 | 91.60 ± 10.92 | < .001 |
| Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 188.84 ± 35.25 | 191.87 ± 38.69 | 0.563 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 106.40 ± 52.21 | 122.34 ± 85.22 | 0.123 |
| HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 56.57 ± 14.65 | 54.81 ± 11.78 | 0.347 |
| LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 113.08 ± 30.19 | 118.30 ± 34.71 | 0.257 |
| hs-CRP (mg/dL) | 0.14 ± 0.18 | 0.21 ± 0.45 | 0.169 |
| Alcohol drinking a (%) | 18.18 | 36.67 | 0.003 |
| Smoking habit b (%) | 20.91 | 34.44 | 0.032 |
| Exercise habit c (%) | 54.72 | 59.55 | 0.497 |
| Coffee (%) | 70.91 | 53.33 | 0.010 |
| Tea (%) | 62.73 | 87.78 | < .001 |
HDL and LDL cholesterol: high-density and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; adrinking habit: drinking alcohol once or more per week; bsmoking habit: current smoker and ex-smoker; cexercise habit: three times with at least 30 min each per week; dContinuous variables were expressed as mean ± SD, and t-test was used to perform comparisons.