Table 1 Demographic data and health history of men working at brick kiln sites.
Socio-demographic parameters | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Parameters | Control | Workers | ||
Age(years) | n | Percentage | N | Percentage |
18–27 | 60 | 30 | 75 | 25 |
28–37 | 46 | 23 | 85 | 28.3 |
38–47 | 25 | 12.5 | 76 | 25.3 |
48–57 | 52 | 26 | 35 | 11.6 |
58–67 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 6.3 |
67 + | 3 | 1.5 | 10 | 3.3 |
Age (average) | 40.04 + 0.98 | 38.02 + 0.76 | ||
BMI | ||||
Underweight | 17 | 8.5 | 96 | 32 |
Normal | 108 | 54 | 173 | 57.6 |
Overweight | 54 | 27 | 26 | 8.6 |
Obesity | 21 | 10.5 | 5 | 1.6 |
BMI (average) | 25.16 + 0.20 | 20.43 + 0.22 | ||
Marital status | ||||
Married | 129 | 64.5 | 256 | 85.3 |
Unmarried | 71 | 35.5 | 44 | 14.7 |
Sleep duration (hours) | ||||
< 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 5.6 |
5–10 | 174 | 87 | 280 | 93.3 |
10 + | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
Education status | ||||
Illiterate | 11 | 5.5 | 157 | 52.4 |
Primary | 0 | 0 | 73 | 24.3 |
Middle | 0 | 0 | 29 | 9.7 |
Matric | 4 | 2 | 34 | 11.3 |
Intermediate | 69 | 34.5 | 7 | 2.3 |
Bachelors | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 |
Masters | 65 | 32.5 | 0 | 0 |
Higher studies | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Food | ||||
Vegetables, meat | 128 | 64 | 12 | 4 |
Meat | 72 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
Vegetables | 0 | 0 | 288 | 96 |
