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Demographic and anthropometric characteristics of questionnaire respondents in 2005 |
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| Floor layers (N = 109) |
Graphic designers (N = 241) |
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| 1995 |
2005 |
1995 |
2005 |
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| Mean |
Range |
Mean |
Range |
Mean |
Range |
Mean |
Range |
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| Age (years) |
43.5 |
26–60 |
53.5 |
36–70 |
48.6 |
30–60 |
58.6 |
40–70 |
| Seniority * (years) |
22.0 |
2–40 |
29.4 |
3–49 |
27.6 |
1–45 |
34.9 |
2–54 |
| BMI‡(kg/m2) |
25.5 |
19.6–40.1 |
26.7 |
20.0–51.1 |
25.0 |
16.8–37.3 |
26.1 |
16.6–42.0 |
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| Employment in the trade |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
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| Presently at work |
81 (74.3%) |
56 (51.4%) |
173 (71.8%) |
75 (31.1%) |
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| Presently off work |
28 (25.7%) |
53 (48.6%) |
68 (28.2%) |
166 (68.9%) |
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| - Change of occupation |
18 (16.5%) |
27 (24.8%) |
37 (15.3%) |
69 (28.7%) |
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| - Early retirement |
2 (1.9%) |
9 (8.3%) |
27 (11.2%) |
68 (28.2%) |
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| - Old-age pension |
- |
5 (4.6%) |
- |
19 (7.9%) |
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| - Disability pension |
7 (6.4%) |
8 (7.3%) |
4 (1.7%) |
8 (3.3%) |
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| - Rehabilitated |
- |
1 (0.9%) |
- |
- |
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| - Long illness |
1 (0.9%) |
3 (2.7%) |
- |
2 (0.8%) |
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*Duration of employment in the trade ‡BMI, body mass index | ||||||||
Rytter et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2007 8:93 doi:10.1186/1471-2474-8-93 |
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