Table 1.
Description of the 669 blue-collar workers included in the analyses
| Statistic | N | % | Mean | St. Dev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 669 | 45.1 | 9.9 | |
| ≤45 yrs | 306 | 46 | ||
| > 45 yrs | 363 | 54 | ||
| Males | 365 | 55 | ||
| Job groups | ||||
| Cleaners | 130 | 19 | ||
| Manufacturing workers | 479 | 72 | ||
| Transport workers | 60 | 9 | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 656 | 27.5 | 4.9 | |
| < 30 | 481 | 73 | ||
| ≥ 30 | 175 | 27 | ||
| Occupational carry/lift duration (1–6) | 667 | 3.5 | 1.4 | |
| Medication intake | ||||
| Yes | 108 | 16 | ||
| No | 558 | 84 | ||
| Influence at work (0–100%) | 461 | 61.6 | 26.5 | |
| Social support at work (0–100%) | 461 | 78.1 | 16.5 | |
| Poor dietary habit (1–4) | 655 | 2.4 | 1.2 | |
| Alcohol intake | 626 | 4.4 | 6.3 | |
| Smokers | 197 | 30 | ||
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | 669 | 133.7 | 14.9 | |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 669 | 83.7 | 10.4 | |
| Accelerometry-based physical behaviors; compositional means (mins/day)a | ||||
| Work | ||||
| Sedentary | 669 | 126 | ||
| LPA | 669 | 240 | ||
| MVPA | 669 | 67 | ||
| Leisure | ||||
| Sedentary | 669 | 351 | ||
| LPA | 669 | 156 | ||
| MVPA | 669 | 44 | ||
| Time in bed | 669 | 456 | ||
athe multivariate spread of compositional data is described in a variation matrix (Additional file 1)