Table 1

Characteristics of the CONSTANCES study participants stratified by exposure to long working hours

Exposure to long working hours
All (n=90 607)Never (n=66 996)Former (n=13 359)Current (n=10 252)
Age (mean, SD)48.2 (13.4)48.3 (13.5)52.4 (12.8)42.1 (10.9)
Sex (n, %)
 Male42 358 (47)28 054 (42)8089 (61)6215 (61)
 Female48 249 (53)38 942 (58)5270 (39)4037 (39)
Socioeconomic position (n, %)
 Low32 527 (37)26 032 (40)4260 (33)2235 (22)
 Intermediate25 296 (29)19 705 (30)3461 (27)2130 (21)
 High25 539 (29)15 768 (24)4598 (35)5173 (51)
 Other/not specified4647 (5)3470 (5)654 (5)523 (5)
Smoking (n, %)
 Never40 188 (45)30 991 (47)4813 (37)4384 (43)
 Former27 278 (31)19 445 (30)5020 (38)2813 (28)
 Current21 471 (24)15 247 (23)3318 (25)2906 (29)
Alcohol use (n, %)
 Abstinence3940 (5)3174 (5)469 (4)297 (3)
 No abuse or dependence62 216 (74)46 635 (75)8970 (72)6611 (68)
 Abuse13 995 (17)9579 (15)2234 (18)2182 (22)
 Dependence4267 (5)2841 (5)768 (6)658 (7)
Physical activity (sports)
 Less than 2 hours/week58 359 (66)42 967(65)8497 (65)6895 (68)
 2 hours or more/week30 611 (34)22 792 (35)4598 (35)3221 (32)
Depressive symptoms
 No65 743 (77)48 572 (78)9409 (75)7762 (79)
 Yes19 132 (23)14 026 (22)3062 (25)2044 (21)
Chronic somatic disease
 No55 099 (61)40 848 (61)7143 (53)7108 (69)
 Yes35 508 (39)26 148 (39)6216 (47)3144 (31)