Table 1.
General characteristics of respondents (n= 244).
| Total (n = 244) |
Traffic police officer (n= 96) |
Office-based policemen (n = 61) |
Firefighter (n = 87) |
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| Age, median (IQR) | 24.0 (21.0 - 29.0) | 25.0(21.0- 28.0) | 37.0 (28.0- 46.0) | 20.0 (19.0- 21.0) |
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| Gender, n (%) | ||||
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| Male | 222 (91.0) | 90 (93.8) | 47 (77.1) | 85 (97.7) |
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| Female | 22 (9.0) | 6 (6.2) | 14 (22.9) | 2 (2.3) |
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| Height, mean (SD) | 169.3 (5.1) | 170.3 (4.8) | 166.6 (4.8) | 170.1 (4.9) |
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| Weight, median (IQR) | 63.0 (58.0 – 68.5) | 64.0 (60.0- 70.0) | 65.0 (60.0 - 70.0) | 60.5 (57.0- 65.0) |
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| BMI, mean (SD) | 22.0 (2.3) | 23.2 (2.5) | 22.2 (2.3) | 21.1 (1.7) |
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| History of blood pressure | ||||
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| No | 240 (98.4) | 60 (98.6) | 93 (96.9) | 87 (100.0) |
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| Yes | 4 (1.6) | 1 (1.6) | 3 (3.1) | 0 |
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| Smoke, n (%) | ||||
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| Daily | 23 (9.4) | 19 (19.8) | 3 (4.9) | 1 (1.2) |
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| Usually | 3 (1.2) | 3 (3.1) | 0 | 0 |
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| Sometimes | 19 (7.8) | 14 (14.6) | 5 (8.2) | 0 |
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| Rarely | 10 (4.1) | 1 (1.0) | 8 (13.1) | 1 (1.2) |
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| None | 189 (77.5) | 59 (61.5) | 45 (73.8) | 85 (97.6) |
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| Drinking, n (%) | ||||
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| Daily | 7 (2.9) | 3 (3.1) | 4 (6.6) | 0 |
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| Usually | 5 (2.1) | 2 (2.1) | 3 (4.9) | 0 |
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| Sometimes | 141 (57.8) | 65 (67.7) | 25 (41.0) | 51 (58.6) |
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| Rarely | 54 (22.1) | 11 (11.5) | 16 (26.2) | 27 (31.0) |
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| None | 37 (15.2) | 15 (15.6) | 13 (21.2) | 9 (10.4) |
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| Coffee, n (%) | ||||
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| Daily | 7 (2.9) | 5 (2.1) | 2 (3.3) | 0 |
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| Usually | 7 (2.9) | 3 (3.1) | 2 (3.3) | 2 (2.3) |
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| Sometimes | 88 (36.1) | 42 (43.8) | 14 (22.9) | 32 (36.8) |
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| Rarely | 68 (27.9) | 11 (11.5) | 20 (32.8) | 37 (42.5) |
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| None | 74 (30.3) | 35 (36.5) | 23 (37.7) | 16 (18.4) |
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| Job Stress, n (%) | ||||
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| Daily | 5 (2.1) | 5 (5.2) | 0 | 0 |
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| Usually | 10 (4.1) | 0 | 1 (1.6) | 9 (10.3) |
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| Sometimes | 90 (36.9) | 26 (27.1) | 11 (18.0) | 53 (60.9) |
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| Rarely | 46 (18.8) | 18 (18.7) | 14 (23.0) | 14 916.1) |
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| None | 93 (38.1) | 47 (49.0) | 35 (57.4) | 11 (12.6) |
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| Family Stress, n (%) | ||||
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| Daily 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Usually | 2 (0.8) | 0 | 1 (1.6) | 1 (1.2) |
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| Sometimes 2 | 25 (10.2) | 0 | 6 (9.8) | 19 (21.8) |
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| Rarely 1 | 57 (23.4) | 9 (9.4) | 9 (14.8) | 39 (44.8) |
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| None 0 | 160 (65.6) | 87 (90.6) | 45 (73.8) | 28 (32.2) |
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| Risk, median (IQR) | 6.0 (4.0 – 8.0) | 7.0 (6.0 – 9.0) | 4.0 (2.0 – 5.0) | 7.0 (5.0 – 8.0) |