Table 7.
Baseline characteristics of the participants responding to the level of occupational physical activity for the cross-sectional analysis; 11,670 observations on 7166 participants.
| Cross-sectional analysis | Mean (SD) | n (%) | Range | |
| Age (years) | 49.0 (13.8) |
|
20.3-99.7 | |
| Sex (% female) |
|
5330 (54.3) |
|
|
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 25.2 (4.3) |
|
12.8-56.6 | |
| Smoking (% current smokers) |
|
4292 (36.9) |
|
|
| Education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Uneducated |
|
1619 (14.1) |
|
|
|
Low educated, <3 years |
|
1806 (15.7) |
|
|
|
Vocational education, 1-3 years |
|
3123 (27.2) |
|
|
|
Higher education, >3 years |
|
2103 (18.3) |
|
|
|
Academic education |
|
2837 (24.7) |
|
| Occupational physical activity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Predominantly sedentary |
|
4407 (37.8) |
|
|
|
Sitting or standing, some walking |
|
4079 (35.0) |
|
|
|
Walking, some handling of material |
|
2729 (23.4) |
|
|
|
Heavy manual work |
|
455 (3.9) |
|
| Occupational heavy lifting (% yes) |
|
1830 (15.7) |
|
|
| Vital exhaustion (sum, 0-17) | 3.0 (3.5) |
|
0-17 | |
| Cardiorespiratory fitness (% similar level as peers) |
|
6390 (54.8) |
|
|
| Observation per participant | 2.0 (0.8) |
|
1-3 | |