Differences in Selected Health Traits between Occupational Groups among Oraons of Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal

Table 3

Descriptive statistics of selected health traits in brickfield and agricultural labourers of either sex.

Selected health traits	Male					Female
	Agricultural labourer (𝑛=62)		Brickfield labourer; (𝑛=136)		t-test; (df = 196)	Agricultural labourer (𝑛=43)		Brickfield labourer; (𝑛=116)		t-test; (df = 157)
	Mean	S.D	Mean	S.D		Mean	S.D	Mean	S.D
Systolic blood pressure; (mm./Hg)	127.15	16.67	126.05	22.22	0.35	124.51	16.93	120.09	25.75	1.04
Diastolic blood pressure; (mm./Hg)	84.35	10.05	82.34	13.29	1.06	84.28	13.76	81.39	15.45	1.08
Pulse rate (bits/min)	73.61	9.42	75.48	9.19	1.31	76.33	9.74	78.62	11.89	1.14
Hemoglobin level (g/dL)	11.87	1.58	10.84	2.62	2.86*	9.29	1.62	8.61	2.15	1.88

∗P < 0.05.