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Table 2 Demographic, occupational, health, and work-related psychosocial characteristics of study participants and bivariate associations between these factors and years worked at night shift among men ( n  = 272)

From: Years worked at night and body mass index among registered nurses from eighteen public hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

All ( n  = 272)

Years worked at night

p -value

<1 ( n  = 33)

1 to 9 ( n  = 106)

≥10 ( n  = 133)

Age, mean (SD)

41.3 (10.2)

36.2 (10.1)

35.1 (7.9)

47.5 (8.0)

<0.001

Per capita income (USD)a, mean (SD)

1,073.7 (743.6)

909.7 (611.2)

1,105.1 (762.2)

1,132.3 (755.4)

0.283

Weekly work hours, mean (SD)

59.3 (18.7)

54.2 (20.2)

58.7 (18.7)

61.0 (18.3)

0.166

Years of work in nursing, mean (SD)

14.3 (9.5)

14.2 (9.7)

13.7 (9.1)

14.7 (9.7)

0.744

BMI at 20 years, mean (SD)

22.4 (3.0)

22.7 (2.7)

22.8 (3.1)

22.1 (3.1)

0.217

BMI (current), mean (SD)

27.3 (4.1)

26.4 (3.4)

27.0 (3.9)

27.9 (4.3)

0.099

Marital status (% married)

69.1

54.5

62.3

78.2

0.005

Smoking status

     

 Never smoker

72.8

78.8

74.5

69.9

0.596

 Ex-smoker

18.8

18.2

18.9

18.8

 Current smoker

8.4

3.0

6.6

11.3

Alcohol consumption

     

 Abstained

26.8

30.3

27.4

25.6

0.145

 Low

18.0

12.1

14.2

22.6

 Medium

40.1

54.5

39.5

36.8

 High

15.1

3.1

18.9

15.0

Physical activity (% yes)

41.2

45.5

43.4

38.3

0.636

Usual sleep duration, mean (SD)

6.9 (1.6)

6.8 (1.5)

7.0 (1.7)

6.9 (1.6)

0.709

  1. aPrice on 12/30/2012 (BRL2.02).