Research Article
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.
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Selected health traits | Male | Female |
Agricultural labourer () |
Brickfield labourer () | t-test (df = 196) |
Agricultural labourer () |
Brickfield labourer () | 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 |
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P < 0.05.
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