Table 1

Participants’ demographic data

 MenWomen
White-collarBlue-collarWhite-collarBlue-collar
ManagerNon-managerManagersNon-managersManagersNon-managersManagersNon-managers
Number5493059859655498763801144
Professionals/technicians (%)19.128.510.416.0
Clerks (%)20.426.221.524.7
Sales workers (%)33.316.131.519.1
Service workers (%)27.129.236.640.3
Farming or Forestry (%)38.236.548.951.4
Fishery (%)13.09.61.82.4
Security (%)0.11.60.30.0
Transportation/communication (%)4.05.00.50.2
Craft workers/labours (%)44.747.448.446.1
 Age (SD)49.1b (8.9)44.5b (11.2)51.4a (9.7)51.2a (11.2)49.6b (8.4)46.2b (10.5)53.0a (8.2)52.3a (8.2)
 Alcohol (g/day, SD)52.6a (62.5)42.7b (37.7)48.2 (45.3)47.1 (44.9)11.6a (33.6)10.3a (28.9)8.1 (22.8)6.1b (15.3)
 Physical activity(METs, SD)31.2b (5.9)31.3b (6.9)39.3a (11.6)38.8a (10.7)30.6b (4.1)30.1b (4.3)34.6a (7.5)33.6a (6.9)
 Body mass index (SD)23.7a (2.8)23.0b (2.9)23.2b (2.9)22.8b (2.8)23.3a (3.1)22.8b (3.1)22.8 (2.9)23.2a (3.1)
 Married (%)94.0a83.9b94.9a86.1b91.490.0b95.596.0a
Age (years) at termination of education (%)
 ≤1522.3b20.0b44.1a51.4a29.4b31.1b52.5a54.6a
 ≥1677.7a80.0a55.9b48.6b70.6a68.9a47.5b45.4b
Smoking status (%)
 Non-smoker20.618.424.0a20.089.287.1b94.0a92.2a
 Past smoker27.1a24.022.723.12.83.8a1.62.4
 Current smoker52.357.653.356.98.09.1a4.3b5.4b
Hypertension (%)
 No history73.979.976.275.581.684.579.981.3
 Past history and under treatment26.120.123.824.518.415.520.118.7
Menopause (%)49.4b38.6b68.3a63.9a
  • a and b indicate a significant difference between values (a>b, p<0.05), according to a Bonferroni's post hoc test.

  • a indicates to be significantly high percentage compared to an expected value and b indicates to be significantly low percentage compared to an expected value, according to a adjusted residual.

  • METs, metabolic equivalents.