Table 1.
Description of the study participants in the first and last measurement points by duration of weekly working hours
| Normal working hours (30/36–40 hours/week) n=7645 |
Long working hours (>40 hours/week) n=11 690 |
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| Commuting time | 1–5 hours/week | >5 hours/week | 1–5 hours/week | >5 hours/week |
| Covariates | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
| All participants | 5968 (87) | 975 (13) | 8738 (75) | 2952 (25) |
| Women | 3741 (62) | 975 (58) | 4037 (46) | 1300 (44) |
| Presence of children | 1768 (27) | 540 (32) | 2352 (27) | 803 (27) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Cohabiting | 4721 (79) | 1326 (79) | 7026 (80) | 2316 (78) |
| Occupational position | ||||
| Low | 2404 (40) | 483 (29) | 2133 (25) | 521 (18) |
| Intermediate | 2685 (45) | 800 (48) | 4037 (46) | 1317 (45) |
| High | 769 (13) | 370 (22) | 2290 (26) | 1039 (35) |
| Self-employed | 110 (2) | 24 (1) | 278 (3) | 75 (2) |
| Chronic disease | 2365 (40) | 636 (38) | 3432 (39) | 1188 (40) |
| Depressive symptoms | 933 (16) | 271 (16) | 1384 (16) | 511 (17) |
| Job strain | 1218 (20) | 366 (22) | 1716 (20) | 590 (20) |
| Shift work | 1725 (29) | 384 (23) | 1526 (17) | 500 (17) |
| Outcomes | ||||
| BMI | ||||
| Normal weight | 2959 (51) | 799 (49) | 4000 (47) | 1309 (46) |
| Overweight | 2156 (37) | 624 (38) | 3337 (39) | 1139 (40) |
| Obese | 713 (12) | 212 (13) | 1138 (14) | 400 (14) |
| Physically inactive | 933 (17) | 317 (21) | 1582 (20) | 614 (23) |
| Smoking | 817 (14) | 207 (12) | 987 (11) | 318 (11) |
| Problem drinking | 353 (6) | 113 (7) | 591 (7) | 203 (7) |
| Sleep problems | 1042 (18) | 352 (21) | 1584 (18) | 592 (20) |
BMI, body mass index.