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Table 1 Basic characteristics of the study population

From: Relationship between symptoms of dry eye syndrome and occupational characteristics: the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2010–2012

 

Total (N = 6023)

No.

(%a)

%b

Sex

 Men

3203

(53.18)

51.88

 Women

2820

(46.82)

48.12

Age, years

 25–34

1078

(18.20)

18.37

 35–44

1693

(28.58)

26.63

 45–54

1707

(28.81)

29.33

 55–65

1446

(24.41)

25.66

Residence

 Urban

4824

(80.09)

78.86

 Rural

1199

(19.91)

21.14

Household income

 1st quartile

479

(7.95)

9.02

 2nd quartile

1520

(25.24)

27.45

 3rd quartile

1943

(32.26)

31.68

 4th quartile

2081

(34.55)

31.85

Education level

 Middle school

1552

(25.77)

28.74

 High school

2160

(35.86)

37.47

 University

2311

(38.37)

33.79

Degree of obesity

 Normal

2486

(41.28)

41.20

 Overweight

1484

(24.64)

24.21

 Obese

2053

(34.09)

34.59

Smoking

 Never

3055

(50.72)

50.34

 Former

1330

(22.08)

21.48

 Current

1638

(27.20)

28.18

Alcohol consumption

 Never

1152

(19.13)

19.23

 Moderate

3957

(65.70)

65.13

 Severe

914

(15.18)

15.63

Physical activity

 No

3846

(63.86)

64.47

 Low-intensity

1871

(31.06)

30.49

 High-intensity

306

(5.08)

5.04

Occupational category

 Executive white-collar

1410

(23.41)

21.09

 Ordinary white-collar

894

(14.84)

13.30

 Pink-collar

1326

(22.02)

23.51

 Green-collar

541

(8.98)

9.63

 Skilled blue-collar

1030

(17.10)

17.54

 Unskilled blue-collar

822

(13.65)

14.93

Work period

 Day

4942

(82.05)

81.88

 Evening or night

654

(10.86)

11.10

 Shift

427

(7.09)

7.02

Work status

   

 Paid worker

4093

(67.96)

65.07

 Self-employed worker

1526

(25.34)

27.42

 Unpaid family worker

404

(6.71)

7.51

Work duration, h/week

  < 43

2942

(48.85)

48.56

  ≥ 43

3081

(51.15)

51.44

Sunlight exposure, h/day

  < 2

3942

(65.45)

63.60

 2–5

1325

(22.00)

22.94

  ≥ 5

756

(12.55)

13.47

Exposure to secondhand smoke at indoor workplace, h/day

 0

3228

(53.59)

52.60

 0–1

2135

(35.45)

35.47

  ≥ 1

660

(10.96)

11.94

  1. aUn-weighted %
  2. bWeighted %