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. 2020 Jun 11;6:100035. doi: 10.1016/j.ijchy.2020.100035

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