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. 2018 Oct 16;73(2):130–135. doi: 10.1136/jech-2018-210943

Table 1.

Characteristics of the CONSTANCES study participants stratified by exposure to long working hours

Exposure to long working hours
All (n=90 607) Never (n=66 996) Former (n=13 359) Current (n=10 252)
Age (mean, SD) 48.2 (13.4) 48.3 (13.5) 52.4 (12.8) 42.1 (10.9)
Sex (n, %)
 Male 42 358 (47) 28 054 (42) 8089 (61) 6215 (61)
 Female 48 249 (53) 38 942 (58) 5270 (39) 4037 (39)
Socioeconomic position (n, %)
 Low 32 527 (37) 26 032 (40) 4260 (33) 2235 (22)
 Intermediate 25 296 (29) 19 705 (30) 3461 (27) 2130 (21)
 High 25 539 (29) 15 768 (24) 4598 (35) 5173 (51)
 Other/not specified 4647 (5) 3470 (5) 654 (5) 523 (5)
Smoking (n, %)
 Never 40 188 (45) 30 991 (47) 4813 (37) 4384 (43)
 Former 27 278 (31) 19 445 (30) 5020 (38) 2813 (28)
 Current 21 471 (24) 15 247 (23) 3318 (25) 2906 (29)
Alcohol use (n, %)
 Abstinence 3940 (5) 3174 (5) 469 (4) 297 (3)
 No abuse or dependence 62 216 (74) 46 635 (75) 8970 (72) 6611 (68)
 Abuse 13 995 (17) 9579 (15) 2234 (18) 2182 (22)
 Dependence 4267 (5) 2841 (5) 768 (6) 658 (7)
Physical activity (sports)
 Less than 2 hours/week 58 359 (66) 42 967(65) 8497 (65) 6895 (68)
 2 hours or more/week 30 611 (34) 22 792 (35) 4598 (35) 3221 (32)
Depressive symptoms
 No 65 743 (77) 48 572 (78) 9409 (75) 7762 (79)
 Yes 19 132 (23) 14 026 (22) 3062 (25) 2044 (21)
Chronic somatic disease
 No 55 099 (61) 40 848 (61) 7143 (53) 7108 (69)
 Yes 35 508 (39) 26 148 (39) 6216 (47) 3144 (31)