Table 6.
Demographic and health/health behaviors characteristics among SLT user status (M±SD, %)
| SLT use status | p-values | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Never (n=1639) |
Current (n=270) |
||
| Demographic variables | |||
| Age (years) | 40.4±9.1 | 35.5±9.7 | 0.011 |
| Race (% White, non-Hispanic) | 80.1 | 91.7 | 0.156 |
| Marital status (% married or living with a partner) | 55.1 | 52.2 | 0.777 |
| Education (% some college or higher) | 96.3 | 91.3 | 0.206 |
| Income (% >$75,000) | 65.2 | 45.8 | 0.048 |
| Years in the fire service (years) | 13.7±7.9 | 11.1±8.0 | 0.109 |
| Rank (% firefighter) | 69.2 | 75.0 | 0.574 |
| Health/health behaviors | |||
| Weight (kg) | 160.6±27.3 | 166.3±40.4 | 0.493 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.8±4.2 | 26.5±5.1 | 0.362 |
| Obesity prevalence (%) | 13.6 | 12.5 | 0.879 |
| Engaged in vigorous physical activity (%) | 62.2 | 75.0 | 0.200 |
| Self-rated health (range 1–5) | 3.3±1.2 | 3.5±1.0 | 0.296 |
| Number of poor physical health days (range 0–30) | 3.3±7.0 | 3.7±8.0 | 0.813 |
| TSQ trauma (% Potential PTSD) | 9.7 | 13.6 | 0.536 |
| CESD depression (% Potential depression) | 27.6 | 31.8 | 0.660 |
| MHI anxiety scores (range 9–54) | 18.4±7.0 | 18.7±8.0 | 0.967 |
| Firefighter coping self-efficacy scores (range 20–140) | 115.9±13.8 | 119.4± 11.6 | 0.222 |
| Binge drinking (%) | 46.7 | 55.0 | 0.458 |
| Potential problem drinking (%) | 16.1 | 30.0 | 0.093 |