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Table 1 Participant characteristics (N = 3024)

From: Evaluating prevalence and risk factors of building-related symptoms among office workers: Seasonal characteristics of symptoms and psychosocial and physical environmental factors

Characteristic

Mean ± SD or n/N (%) a

Gender

 Male

1859/2998 (62.0)

 Female

1139/2998 (38.0)

Age group

 10–19

6/2990 (0.2)

 20–29

352/2990 (11.8)

 30–39

807/2990 (27.0)

 40–49

794/2990 (26.6)

 50–59

645/2990 (21.6)

  ≥ 60

386/2990 (12.9)

Job categories

 Managerial

656/2947 (22.3)

 Professional

139/2947 (4.7)

 Technical

415/2947 (14.1)

 Sales

363/2947 (12.3)

 Planning/administrative

1223/2947 (41.5)

 Secretarial/clerical

6/2947 (0.2)

 Other

145/2947 (4.9)

Smoking status

 Never

1286/3006 (42.8)

 Former

714/3006 (23.8)

 Current/sometime

99/3006 (3.3)

 Current/everyday

907/3006 (30.2)

Mean year working in the building (n = 2997)

7.6 ± 7.1

  1. a Data for characteristics were missing for some participants (no response)