Table 8.
Baseline characteristics of the participants responding to the level of occupational physical activity for the prospective analysis; 5932 observations on 4089 participants.
| Prospective analysis | Mean (SD) | n (%) | Range | |
| Age (years) | 48.0 (11.8) |
|
20.3-84.3 | |
| Sex (% female) |
|
3301 (55.7) |
|
|
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.0 (4.0) |
|
16.0-52.5 | |
| Smoking (% current smokers) |
|
2311 (39.1) |
|
|
| Education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Uneducated |
|
735 (12.6) |
|
|
|
Low educated, <3 years |
|
2142 (36.7) |
|
|
|
Vocational education, 1-3 years |
|
1983 (34.0) |
|
|
|
Higher education, >3 years |
|
380 (6.5) |
|
|
|
Academic education |
|
590 (10.1) |
|
| Occupational physical activity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Predominantly sedentary |
|
2113 (35.6) |
|
|
|
Sitting or standing, some walking |
|
2086 (35.2) |
|
|
|
Walking, some handling of material |
|
1497(25.2) |
|
|
|
Heavy manual work |
|
234 (3.9) |
|
| Occupational heavy lifting (% yes) |
|
1039 (17.5) |
|
|
| Vital exhaustion (sum, 0-17) | 2.9 (3.3) |
|
0-17 | |
| Cardiorespiratory fitness (% similar level as peers) |
|
3421 (57.7) |
|
|
| Observation per participant | 1.5 (0.5) |
|
1-2 | |