Table 3.

Health profile of survey respondents

	Whole cohort N = 1390		Long-haul N = 549 (39.5%)		Short-haul N = 837 (60.2%)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	Χ2 (df)	p
Body Mass Index
Under or normal weight	252	18.1%	79	14.8%	173	21.1%	19.8 (2)	< 0.001
Overweight	350	25.2%	119	22.2%	229	28.0%
Obese	755	54.3%	337	63.0%	416	50.9%
BMI- mean (SD)	31.95 (6.99)		33.10 (7.47)		31.19 (6.56)
Number of diagnosed health conditions
No conditions	346	24.9%	133	24.7%	212	25.7%	0.7 (3)	0.885
1 condition	364	26.2%	139	25.8%	222	26.9%
2 conditions	248	17.8%	102	18.9%	146	17.7%
≥ 3 conditions	410	29.5%	165	30.6%	245	29.7%
Mean (SD)	1.85 (1.85)		1.86 (1.87)		1.85 (1.85)
Psychological distress
None or low	695	50.0%	296	53.9%	397	47.4%	8.8 (2)	0.012
Moderate	510	36.7%	196	35.7%	313	37.4%
Severe	185	13.3%	57	10.4%	127	15.2%
General Health
Very good/Excellent	437	31.4%	169	30.8%	268	32.0%	0.3 (2)	0.851
Good	538	38.7%	212	38.6%	323	38.6%
Poor/Fair	415	29.9%	168	30.6%	246	29.4%
Pain - intensity
None	523	37.6%	198	36.1%	324	38.7%	4.9 (3)	0.183
Mild	321	23.1%	116	21.1%	203	24.3%
Moderate	398	28.6%	172	31.3%	225	26.9%
Severe	148	10.6%	63	11.5%	85	10.2%
Pain – duration
< 3 months	245	17.6%	80	14.7%	164	19.7%	12.3 (2)	0.006
3–12 months	131	9.4%	50	9.2%	81	9.7%
> 12 months	482	34.7%	218	40.0%	262	31.5%
Work ability
Poor	200	14.4%	85	15.5%	115	13.7%	3.4 (3)	0.334
Moderate	232	16.7%	82	14.9%	148	17.7%
Good	565	40.6%	217	39.5%	346	41.3%
Excellent	393	28.3%	165	30.1%	228	27.2%
Health related quality of life	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	t	p
– utility score -	0.83	0.16	0.83	0.17	0.84	0.16	0.7	0.7
EQ-VAS scale score	72.2	19.8	72	20.5	72.4	19.4	0.4	0.209