Table I.
Demographic and lifestyle characteristics of participants by gender, BCOPS study, 2004–2009
| Total (n = 289) | Men (n = 213) | Women (n = 76) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| < 30 | 16 | 5.5 | 14 | 6.6 | 2 | 2.6 |
| 30–39 | 122 | 42.2 | 90 | 42.3 | 32 | 42.1 |
| 40–49 | 117 | 40.5 | 83 | 39.0 | 34 | 44.7 |
| ≥ 50 | 34 | 11.8 | 26 | 12.2 | 8 | 10.5 |
| Education (years) | ||||||
| ≤ 12 | 27 | 9.4 | 24 | 11.4 | 3 | 4.0 |
| College < 4 | 159 | 55.6 | 111 | 52.9 | 48 | 63.2 |
| College 4+ | 100 | 35.0 | 75 | 35.7 | 25 | 32.9 |
| Rank | ||||||
| Patrol officer | 231 | 81.1 | 166 | 79.4 | 65 | 85.5 |
| Sergeant/Lieutenant/Captain | 31 | 10.9 | 25 | 12.0 | 6 | 7.9 |
| Detective/Executive/Other | 23 | 8.1 | 18 | 8.6 | 5 | 6.6 |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
| European-American | 215 | 76.2 | 160 | 77.7 | 55 | 72.4 |
| African-American | 67 | 23.8 | 46 | 22.3 | 21 | 27.6 |
| Hispanic-American | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 37 | 12.9 | 21 | 10.0 | 16 | 21.1 |
| Married | 202 | 70.6 | 160 | 76.2 | 42 | 55.3 |
| Divorced | 47 | 16.4 | 29 | 13.8 | 18 | 23.7 |
| Alcohol consumption (drinks/week) | ||||||
| Never | 54 | 19.2 | 37 | 17.7 | 17 | 23.3 |
| 1–5 | 139 | 49.3 | 102 | 48.8 | 37 | 50.7 |
| 5+ | 89 | 31.2 | 70 | 33.5 | 19 | 26.0 |
| Smoking status | ||||||
| Current | 53 | 18.7 | 31 | 14.7 | 22 | 30.1 |
| Former | 58 | 20.4 | 39 | 18.5 | 19 | 26.0 |
| Never | 173 | 60.9 | 141 | 66.8 | 32 | 43.8 |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||||
| Social support (global score)a | 279 | 83.4 (9.0) | 213 | 83.2 (9.1) | 76 | 84.1 (8.6) |
Notes: BCOPS, Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress. The difference between men and women was not statistically significant (p = 0.443 from t-test).
a
A global score was derived from the Social Provisions Scale which consists of 24 questions