The Relationship between Cold Hypersensitivity in the Hands and Feet and Health-Related Quality of Life in Koreans: A Nationwide Population Survey

Table 3

Difference in general characteristics between CHHF and non-CHHF groups.

	CHHF	Non-CHHF	P-value
Men
N	106	906
Age	48.0 ±15.7	45.2 ±14.9	0.071
Height	172.0 ±5.7	172.5 ±5.4	0.390
Weight	68.5 ±8.2	71.2 ±9.2	0.003
BMI	23.1 ±2.4	23.9 ±2.6	0.004
PCS	51.3 ±6.7	52.7±6.1	0.024
MCS	50.4 ±7.5	51.2 ±7.9	0.282
Drinking
Current drinker	93 (87.7)	789 (87.1)	0.850
Not drinking	13 (12.3)	117 (12.9)
Smoking
Current smoker	43 (43.4)	439 (48.5)	0.324
Not smoking	60 (56.6)	467 (51.5)
Marital status
With spouse	77 (72.6)	636 (70.2)	0.602
Without spouse	29 (27.4)	270 (29.8)
Income
Under 200	23 (21.7)	121 (13.4)	0.174
200–300	19 (17.9)	180 (19.9)
300–400	28 (26.4)	270 (29.8)
400–500	13 (12.3)	150 (16.6)
Over 500	23 (21.7)	184 (20.3)
Occupation
Office	22 (20.8)	251 (27.7)	0.088
Service	36 (34.0)	339 (37.4)
Others	48 (45.3)	316 (34.9)
Education
≤ Middle school	17 (16.0)	96 (10.6)	0.211
High school	35 (33.0)	343 (37.9)
≥ University	54 (50.9)	466 (51.5)
Women
N	289	707
Age	47.1 ±16.2	47.6 ±15.3	0.688
Height	158.8 ±5.3	159.2 ±5.0	0.247
Weight	55.3 ±6.9	57.5 ±7.4	< 0.001
BMI	22.0 ±2.9	22.7 ±3.0	< 0.001
PCS	48.1 ±9.4	50.6 ±7.7	< 0.001
MCS	48.2 ±8.7	50.8 ±8.3	< 0.001
Drinking
Current drinker	201 (69.6)	457 (64.6)	0.078
Not drinking	88 (30.4)	250 (35.4)
Smoking
Current smoker	11 (3.8)	16 (2.3)	0.127
Not smoking	278 (96.2)	691 (97.7)
Marital status
With spouse	211 (73.3)	537 (76.0)	0.373
Without spouse	77 (26.7)	170 (24.0)
Income
Under 200	56 (19.5)	109 (15.5)	0.458
200–300	52 (18.1)	121 (17.2)
300–400	74 (25.8)	200 (28.4)
400–500	40 (13.9)	118 (16.7)
Over 500	65 (22.6)	157 (22.3)
Occupation
Office	61 (21.1)	100 (14.1)	0.025
Service	89 (30.8)	243 (34.4)
Others	139 (48.1)	364 (51.5)
Education
≤ Middle school	58 (20.1)	162 (23.1)	0.074
High school	112 (38.9)	306 (43.6)
≥ University	118 (41.0)	234 (33.3)
Total
N	395	1613
Age	47.3 ± 16.1	46.2 ± 15.1	0.191
Height	162.3 ± 8.0	166.6 ± 8.4	< 0.001
Weight	58.8 ± 9.3	65.2 ± 10.8	< 0.001
BMI	22.3 ± 2.8	23.4 ± 2.9	< 0.001
PCS	48.9 ± 8.9	51.8 ± 6.9	< 0.001
MCS	48.8 ± 8.4	51.1 ± 8.1	< 0.001
Drinking
Current drinker	294 (74.4)	1246 (77.2)	0.235
Not drinking	101 (25.6)	367 (22.8)
Smoking
Current smoker	57 (14.4)	455 (28.2)	< 0.001
Not smoking	338 (85.6)	1158 (71.8)
Marital status
With spouse	288 (73.1)	1173 (72.7)	0.881
Without spouse	106 (26.9)	440 (27.3)
Income
Under 200	79 (20.1)	230 (14.3)	0.035
200–300	71 (18.1)	301 (18.7)
300–400	102 (26.0)	470 (29.2)
400–500	53 (13.5)	268 (16.6)
Over 500	88 (22.4)	341 (21.2)
Occupation
Office	83 (21.0)	351 (21.8)	0.147
Service	125 (31.6)	582 (36.1)
Others	187 (47.3)	680 (42.2)
Education
≤ Middle school	75 (19.0)	258 (16.1)	0.295
High school	147 (37.3)	649 (40.4)
≥ University	172 (43.7)	700 (43.6)

CHHF, cold hypersensitivity in the hands and feet; BMI, body mass index; PCS, SF-12 Physical component summary; MCS, SF-12 mental component summary.
“Current drinker” was defined as alcohol consumption at least once a month; “Not drinking” was defined as alcohol consumption less than once a month.
Average monthly household income (unit: 10,000 KRW)
“Office” includes administrative, professional, and clerical work; “Service” includes service and sales industries; “Others” includes skilled or machine work, labour, agriculture and forestry, fishing, and unemployment.