Early Detection of Undiagnosed Hypertension Based on Occupational Screening in the Hotel and Restaurant Industry
Table 1
Characteristics of the sample.
Normotensives
Hypertensives
Group differences
()1
()2
Test statistics
values
Effect-size
Age [years; M ± SD]
33.0 ± 8.7
35.2 ± 10.0
= 1.8
.176
-
Sex
(i) Male
35
64
χ2 = 11.9
.001
= .293
(ii) Female
65
36
Shift
(i) Day work
53
42
χ2 = 1.7
.194
= .107
(ii) Shift work
47
58
Working hours per week
Hours; M ± SD
41.3 ± 7.2
43.6 ± 8.0
= 3.2
.077
-
Health behaviour
Body mass index (BMI)
BMI kg/m2, M ± SD
23.9 ± 3.1
26.9 ± 5.3
= 19.4
<.001
= .117
(i) Normal weight
65
38
χ2 = 16.5
.001
= .332
(ii) Overweight
28
38
(iii) Obesity
5
24
Sport
(i) Not at all
32
40
χ2 = 1.9
.393
= .123
(ii) Occasionally
21
25
(iii) Regularly
47
36
Smoking
(i) Smoker
35
51
χ2 = 3.7
.054
= .158
Alcohol consumption
(i) Not at all
17
13
χ2 = 3.0
.224
= .123
(ii) Occasionally
62
53
(iii) Regularly
21
34
Note. : sample; M ± SD: mean ± standard deviation; [%]: frequencies in %, χ2: test statistics; : ANOVA; significance thresholds (two-tailed): ,,;: eta-square; : Cramer’s (correlations 0.1–0.3 weak, 0.4–0.5 medium, >0.5 strong); (SBP < 135 and DBP < 85 mmHg) and (SBP ≥ 135 or DBP ≥ 85 mmHg) were differentiated by their outcomes of home BPM.
