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) |