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. 2020 Dec 17;25(3):344–351. doi: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2020.12.005

Table 1.

Characteristics of participants from Rio Grande, Brazil, 2016 (N = 1300).

Variable N %
Sex
 Male 564 43.4
 Female 736 56.6
Age group (years)
 18–39 508 39.1
 40−59 477 36.7
 60 or + 315 24.2
Skin color
 White 1077 83.0
 Others 221 17.0
Marital status
 Single 602 46.3
 Married. Divorced, or widowed 698 53.7
Living alone
 No 1174 90.4
 Yes 125 9.6
Schooling (year)
 0–8 543 41.8
 9–11 400 30.8
 ≥12 355 27.4
Asset index (tertiles)
 Lower 447 34.4
 Intermediate 419 32.3
 Higher 433 33.3
Smoking
 Non-smoker 733 56.4
 Former smoker 333 25.6
 Smoker 234 18.0
Physically inactive
 No 433 33.3
 Yes 862 66.7
Body mass index
 Euthrophic 477 38.4
 Overweight 471 37.9
 Obese 294 23.7
Sleep time (hours per day)
 <6.0 163 12.5
 6.0–7.9 525 40.4
 ≥8.0 612 47.1
Stress level (tertiles)
 Lower 438 33.8
 Intermediate 475 36.7
 Higher 382 26.5
History of fracture
 No 863 66.5
 Yes 435 33.5
Fall in the last year
 No 1060 81.7
 Yes 237 18.3
Arthritis or rheumatism
 No 1141 87.8
 Yes 159 12.2
WRMSD/RSI
 No 1125 86.5
 Yes 175 13.5
Chronic respiratory disease
 No 1078 84.3
 Yes 201 15.7
Hypertension
 No 933 71.8
 Yes 366 28.2

WRMSD/RSI: work-related musculoskeletal disorder/repetitive strain injury.