Table
1: Characteristics
of 501 survey respondents.
|
Socio-demographic
and anthropometric data |
All |
Participants
with EDS |
Participants
without EDS |
|
|
n =
501 |
n =
33 |
n =
468 |
p |
|
|
Age (years), mean (SD) |
43.1
(11.9) |
44.1
(9.7) |
43.0
(11.4) |
0.690 |
|
Female,
n (%) |
396
(79.0) |
26
(78.8) |
370
(79.1) |
0.990 |
|
Health
Care Employee, n (%) |
410
(81.9) |
27
(81.8) |
379
(80.9) |
0.997 |
|
Professional
Category, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
Administrative
Assistant |
52
(10.3) |
- |
- |
|
|
Orderly |
20
(4.0) |
- |
- |
|
|
Nurse/Physical
Therapist |
170
(33.9) |
- |
- |
|
|
Physician |
74
(14.8) |
- |
- |
|
|
Nursing
Assistant |
106
(21.2) |
- |
- |
|
|
Laboratory
Technician |
40
(8.0) |
- |
- |
|
|
Researcher
|
12
(2.4) |
- |
- |
|
|
Other |
27
(5.4) |
- |
- |
|
|
Work
shift, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
Day
shift |
404
(80.6) |
22
(66.8) |
382
(81.6) |
0.054 |
|
Night
shift |
97
(19.4) |
11
(33.2) |
86
(18.4) |
|
|
Body
Mass Index (kg/m2), mean (SD) |
24.8
(4.2) |
25.0
(2.9) |
24.7
(4.3) |
0.808 |
|
Body
Mass Index, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
≥
30 kg/m2 |
58
(11.6) |
2 (6.5) |
56
(12.0) |
0.319 |
|
Abdominal
circumference (cm), mean (SD) |
|
|
|
|
|
Male |
93.4
(10.6) |
93.3
(8.2) |
93.4
(10.7) |
0.961 |
|
Female |
83.8
(10.9) |
82.8
(8.5) |
83.3
(11.1) |
0.795 |
|
Lifestyle |
|
|
|
|
|
Active
smokers, n (%) |
115
(22.9) |
12
(36.4) |
103
(22.0) |
0.065 |
|
Daily
alcohol consumers, n (%) |
90
(18.0) |
4
(12.1) |
86
(18.4) |
0.358 |
Abbreviations: SD: Standard Deviation; EDS: Excessive
Daytime Sleepiness