Demographic and lifestyle profile of the sample
| Overall | RRS rescuers | Mudslide rescuers | P value | |
| N (%) | 268 (100) | 90 (34) | 178 (66) | – |
| Age, years | 38 (22) | 33 (10.3) | 45 (21) | <0.001 |
| Men, N (%) | 214 (80) | 78 (87) | 136 (76) | 0.048 |
| Shifts, N (%) | ||||
| 8 hours | 140 (52) | 16 (18) | 124 (70) | <0.001 |
| 12 hours | 20 (8) | 0 (0) | 20 (11) | |
| 24 hours | 108 (40) | 74 (82) | 34 (19) | |
| Years of work in the rescue | 5 (9.8) | 5 (8) | 5 (10) | 0.82 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 39 (15) | 7 (8) | 32 (18) | 0.07 |
| Married | 208 (78) | 76 (84) | 132 (74) | |
| Divorced | 21 (7) | 7 (8) | 14 (8) | |
| Education | ||||
| Secondary school | 7 (3) | 2 (2) | 5 (3) | 0.34 |
| High school | 68 (25) | 17 (19) | 51 (29) | |
| College | 65 (24) | 25 (28) | 40 (22) | |
| University | 128 (48) | 46 (51) | 82 (46) | |
| Cigarette smoking | ||||
| Never | 127 (48) | 29 (32) | 98 (55) | <0.001 |
| Former | 52 (19) | 34 (38) | 19 (11) | |
| Current daily | 89 (33) | 27 (30) | 61 (34) | |
| Exercising regularly, N (%) | 145 (54) | 58 (64) | 87 (49) | 0.02 |
| Hours per week exercised | 4 (4) | 5 (3.4) | 3 (4.8) | <0.001 |
| Never-alcohol users, N (%) | 157 (59) | 48 (53) | 109 (61) | 0.21 |
Data are presented either as medians (IQR), assuming non-normal distribution for continuous variables or as N (%) for binary variables. P values were calculated using Mann-Whitney U test or, alternatively, χ2 test from contingency tables.
RRS, Republican Rescue Squad.