Table 2

Characteristics of the employees' sample: gender, age, and duration of daily VDT use at various workplaces (> 1 h/d)

Workplace
Gender
Number* (n)
Age
Daily VDT work
Percentage of all









(years)
(± sd)
(hours)
(± sd)
(%)

Office
Female
306
38.8
10.8
5.9
2.1
28.9

Male
497
41.5
9.0
5.4
2.1
46.9

Total
803
40.5
9.5
5.6
2.1
75.8
Laboratory
Female
65
37.6
8.9
4.0
2.2
6.1

Male
94
39.0
9.7
3.1
1.6
8.9

Total
159
38.4
9.4
3.5
1.9
15.0
Storehouse/production
Female
5
30.6
5.6
3.5
1.0
0.5

Male
77
38.1
9.0
3.9
2.5
7.3

Total
82
37.6
9.0
3.9
2.5
7.7
Miscellaneous
Female
5
28.8
9.4
3.1
2.0
0.5

Male
11
41.4
11.2
5.2
3.8
1.0

Total
16
37.4
12.0
4.6
3.5
1.5
All
Female
381
38.3
9.9
5.5
3.2
35.9

Male
679
40.8
9.2
4.9
2.3
64.1

Total
1,060*
39.9
9.5
5.1
2.3
100.0

* 5 subjects didn't indicate their age

Klussmann et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:96   doi:10.1186/1471-2474-9-96