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. 2018 Jun 4;30:36. doi: 10.1186/s40557-018-0247-7

Table 2.

Relationships between characteristics of study subjects and PSHI by injury risk level

Variables PSHI (Low-risk group) PSHI (High-risk group)
Total Yes p-valuec Total Yes p-valuec
Na Na %b Na Na %b
General characteristics
Age (years)
 15–29 2746 1541 57.6 < 0.001 708 459 67.5 < 0.001
 30–39 4811 3053 63.7 0.168d 1340 973 72.8 0.039d
 40–49 5284 3369 63.9 1808 1280 71.6
 50–59 3349 2087 62.3 1571 1084 69.8
 ≥ 60 1987 1177 60.2 923 600 65.6
Sex
 Male 8640 5757 66.2 < 0.001 3999 2976 74.4 < 0.001
 Female 9537 5470 58.7 2351 1420 62.5
Education level
 Middle school or below 1887 1064 58.5 < 0.001 1109 708 65.3 < 0.001
 High school 6266 3512 56.7 < 0.001d 3189 2179 69.1 < 0.001d
 College or above 10,024 6651 66.0 2052 1509 74.1
Monthly income (KRW 10,000)
 < 150 5501 2872 53.8 < 0.001 1934 1148 61.1 < 0.001
 150–249 6198 3816 61.6 < 0.001d 2312 1555 67.8 < 0.001d
 250–399 4773 3261 67.2 1694 1345 78.9
 ≥ 400 1705 1278 73.4 410 348 84.2
Occupational characteristics
Occupational type
 White-collar 8943 6050 67.4 < 0.001 1285 1024 79.8 < 0.001
 Pink-collar 4865 2465 51.6 1576 905 59.9
 Blue-collar 4369 2712 61.9 3489 2467 70.5
Number of employees
 1–4 4047 1887 48.5 < 0.001 1448 776 56.3 < 0.001
 5–49 9302 5723 61.8 < 0.001d 3212 2181 68.5 < 0.001d
 50–299 3317 2398 71.3 1142 935 80.9
 ≥ 300 1511 1219 77.9 548 504 91.4
Working hours per a week (hours)
 < 40 10,350 6479 63.0 < 0.001 2951 2072 71.7 < 0.001
 41–52 4955 3117 63.1 < 0.001d 1841 1326 72.1 < 0.001d
 53–60 2011 1152 58.2 1076 697 66.4
 ≥ 61 861 479 57.1 482 301 61.9
Tenure (years)
 < 1 2203 1132 52.2 < 0.001 815 518 67.2 < 0.001
 1–5 6713 3956 59.5 < 0.001d 2133 1379 65.0 < 0.001d
 ≥ 5 9261 6139 66.6 3402 2499 74.1
Shift work
 Yes 1643 1117 67.0 < 0.001 908 745 80.9 < 0.001
 No 16,534 10,110 61.8 5442 3651 68.3
Type of employment
 Regular 13,841 8997 64.6 < 0.001 4347 3185 73.3 < 0.001
 Temporary 4336 2230 53.8 2003 1211 62.7
Labor unions
 Presence 2506 1978 77.4 < 0.001 935 813 86.1 < 0.001
 Absence 15,671 9249 59.8 5415 3583 67.3
Job-related factors
Physical risk factors
 Yes 5243 3452 65.8 < 0.001 4224 3035 72.3 < 0.001
 No 12,934 7775 60.9 2126 1361 65.8
Biochemical risk factors
 Yes 3017 2012 65.7 < 0.001 3080 2255 73.2 < 0.001
 No 15,160 9215 61.6 3270 2141 67.1
Ergonomic risk factors
 Yes 14,438 8794 61.5 < 0.001 6057 4171 69.7 0.004
 No 3739 2433 65.1 293 225 77.1
Usage of personal protective equipment
 No need 15,468 8866 58.3 < 0.001 3042 1612 54.4 < 0.001
 Need/wear 2440 2179 89.4 3038 2621 86.5
 Need/no wear 269 182 66.3 270 163 62.1

aUnweighted case numbers of workers

bPercentages based on weighted analysis

cP-value of the weighted chi-squared test results

dP-value for trend in the weighted analysis