Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of individuals with vs. without self-employment in own business, professional practice, or farm.
| Variables | Self-employed |
P value∗ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 2,835) | No (n = 27,268) | ||
| Age (years) | 48.5 ± 14.9 | 38.9 ± 14.9 | <0.0001 |
| Women | 36.1% | 47.7% | <0.0001 |
| BMI | 28.3 ± 5.8 | 28.3 ± 6.6 | 0.99 |
| White | 53.4% | 40.6% | <0.0001 |
| Marital Status (married) | 62.5% | 47.4% | <0.0001 |
| Education: above college | 27.9% | 23.1% | <0.0001 |
| Health insurance coverage | 66.1% | 76.3% | <0.0001 |
| Heart failure | 1.3% | 0.6% | 0.0001 |
| Coronary artery disease | 2.8% | 1.2% | <0.0001 |
| Stroke | 1.4% | 0.8% | 0.0010 |
| Hypertension | 21.2% | 16.1% | <0.0001 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 7.9% | 5.8% | <0.0001 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 28.2% | 21.2% | <0.0001 |
| Total cholesterol level (mg/dL) | 199.9 ± 42.9 | 191.3 ± 40.9 | <0.0001 |
| Direct HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 52.6 ± 16.5 | 52.7 ± 15.6 | 0.74 |
| Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 136.5 ± 127.4 | 120.7 ± 101.7 | <0.0001 |
| LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 118.3 ± 35.1 | 112.8 ± 34.3 | <0.0001 |
| How much sleep do you get (hours)? | 6.9 ± 2.6 | 6.7 ± 1.4 | <0.0001 |