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. 2019 Jul 1;10(3):145–150. doi: 10.15171/ijoem.2019.1533
Table 1: Demographic characteristics of truck drivers
Parameters n (%)
Sex (n = 225 respondents)
Male 99.1 (223)
Female 0.9 (2)
Age (n = 229 respondents), yrs
<20 0.0 (0)
20–30 9.2 (21)
31–40 16.6 (38)
41–50 34.5 (79)
51–60 27.5 (63)
61–70 11.8 (27)
>70 0.4 (1)
Type of work (n = 209 respondents)
Long-distance (overnight) across states 18.7 (39)
Long-distance (overnight) within state 11.0 (23)
Local (day) trips only 46.9 (98)
A mixture of two or three of these 23.4 (49)
Number of hours worked per day (n = 230 respondents)
≤7 2.2 (5)
8 6.1 (14)
9 6.1 (14)
9+ 85.6 (197)
Body Mass Index* (n = 214 respondents with height + weight),
kg/m2
<18.5 (Underweight) 0.0 (0)
18.5–24.9 (Normal weight) 11.2 (24)
25.0–29.9 (Pre-obesity) 29.0 (62)
30.0–34.9 (Obesity – Class I) 32.7 (70)
35.0–39.9 (Obesity – Class II) 16.8 (360
>40 (Obesity – Class III) 10.3 (22)
*World Health Organization, 2017