Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Variable | Total sample N = 51 |
Physical jobs N = 30 |
Non-physical jobs N = 21 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age [mean (SD) (range)] | 59 (4) (48–65) | 58 (4) (48–64) | 59 (5) (49–65) |
| Males [n (%)] | 24 (47) | 15 (50) | 9 (43) |
| Educational level [n (%)] | |||
| Low | 13 (26) | 12 (40) | 1 (5) |
| Medium | 24 (47) | 14 (47) | 10 (48) |
| High | 13 (26) | 4 (13) | 9 (43) |
| BMI [n (%)] | |||
| 18.5–24.9 | 10 (20) | 7 (23) | 3 (14) |
| 25.0–29.9 | 17 (33) | 10 (33) | 7 (33) |
| ≥ 30.0 | 24 (47) | 13 (43) | 11 (52) |
| Comorbidity [n (%)] | |||
| 0 | 9 (18) | 5 (17) | 4 (19) |
| 1 | 7 (14) | 5 (17) | 2 (10) |
| ≥ 2 | 35 (69) | 20 (67) | 15 (71) |
| Living situation [n (%)] | |||
| Alone | 7 (14) | 1 (3) | 3 (14) |
| With partner | 30 (59) | 18 (60) | 12 (57) |
| With partner & children | 17 (33) | 11 (37) | 6 (29) |
| Working hours (mean (SD)) | |||
| Actual | 36 (10) | 34 (8) | 32 (6) |
| Contractual | 33 (7) | 37 (12) | 34 (7) |
BMI body mass index