Table 1 General characteristics of the study subjects and their biochemical indexes.
From: Metabolic profiling revealed alterations associated with sedentary work in bus drivers
Variables | Bus drivers (n = 60) | Controls (n = 60) | P |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years, median (MAD)) | 53.0 (4.4) | 54.5 (5.2) | 0.121 a |
Sex (male, %) | 100.0 | 100.0 | --- |
Race (Han, %) | 100.0 | 100.0 | --- |
BMI (kg/m2, median (MAD)) | 24.80 (3.37) | 24.06 (3.42) | 0.128 a |
Education (%) | 1.14 × 10− 5 b | ||
elementary school or uneducated | 0.0 | 25.0 | |
high school | 96.7 | 75.0 | |
college or postgraduate | 3.3 | 0.0 | |
Marital status (married, %) | 96.7 | 100.0 | 0.496 b |
Smoker (yes, %) | 0.0 | 0.0 | --- |
Drinker (yes, %) | 0.0 | 0.0 | --- |
General physical exercise times per week (≥ 1, %) | 65.0 | 50.0 | 0.140 c |
Work year (year, median (MAD)) | 15.5 (6.6) | 10.0 (11.1) | 9.48 × 10− 4 a |
Work hours per week (> 48, %) | 55.0 | 63.3 | 0.458 c |
Serum total protein (g/L, median (MAD)) | 74.0 (4.4) | 74.0 (3.0) | 0.350 a |
Blood glucose (mmol/L, median (MAD)) | 5.50 (0.52) | 5.40 (0.67) | 0.813 a |
Triglyceride (mmol/L, median (MAD)) | 1.40 (0.59) | 1.15 (0.67) | 0.037 a |
Total cholesterol (mmol/L, mean (SD)) | 4.82 (0.80) | 4.83 (0.76) | 0.935 d |
High density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L, median (MAD)) | 1.27 (0.21) | 1.36 (0.38) | 0.130 a |
Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L, mean (SD)) | 3.08 (0.57) | 3.01 (0.60) | 0.538 d |
