Table 3: Characteristics of participants based on serum 25(OH)D quartiles in daytime workers.

Characteristics

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

P trend

Participants (n)

281

253

233

218

 

Age (years)

40.36 ± 9.25

41.29 ± 9.10

40.87 ± 9.68

42.32 ± 9.59

0.176

BMI (kg/m2)

25.52 ± 3.22

25.29 ± 2.95

25.16 ± 3.07

24.63 ± 2.61

0.017

WC (cm)

85.86 ± 7.97

84.87 ± 7.51

85.18 ± 7.91

83.70 ± 7.44

0.013

WBR

3.38 ± 0.22

3.37 ± 0.22

3.40 ± 0.22

3.41 ± 0.21

0.020

SBP (mmHg)

122.62 ± 11.37

123.03 ± 10.14

121.04 ± 11.75

121.47 ± 10.44

0.061

DBP (mmHg)

75.75 ± 8.99

76.13 ± 8.98

74.22 ± 9.19

74.57 ± 8.11

0.033

FPG (mg/dL)

101.99 ± 20.11

100.23 ± 15.90

99.34 ± 9.30

100.38 ± 16.52

0.777

HDL-C (mg/dL)

51.85 ± 11.31

53.57 ± 12.29

53.57 ± 11.60

53.37 ± 10.74

0.228

TG (mg/dL)

161.65 ± 131.5

152.14 ± 208.6

131.07 ± 72.80

118.00 ± 65.62

< 0.001

Cr (mg/dL)

0.91 ± 0.14

0.93 ± 0.16

0.94 ± 0.17

0.93 ± 0.13

0.185

Season (%)

 

 

 

 

< 0.001

spring

78 (27.8)

32 (12.6)

12 (5.2)

15 (6.9)

 

summer

80 (26.5)

87 (34.4)

94 (40.3)

83 (38.1)

 

autumn

80 (28.5)

104 (41.1)

101 (43.3)

106 (48.6)

 

winter

43 (15.3)

30 (11.9)

26 (11.2)

14 (6.4)

 

Marital status (%)

 

 

 

 

0.320

single

74 (26.3)

63 (24.9)

65 (27.9)

45 (20.6)

 

married

207 (73.7)

190 (75.1)

168 (72.1)

173 (79.4)

 

Education level (%)

 

 

 

 

 

high school

16 (5.7)

13 (5.1)

18 (7.7)

13 (6.0)

0.896

college

6 (2.1)

4 (1.6)

4 (1.7)

3 (1.4)

 

university

218 (77.6)

189 (74.7)

179 (76.8)

167 (76.6)

 

graduate school

41 (4.2)

47 (4.8)

32 (3.2)

35 (3.6)

 

Smoking status (%)

 

 

 

 

0.043

no smoker

132 (47.0)

136 (53.8)

99 (42.5)

91 (41.7)

 

former smoker

90 (32.0)

70 (27.7)

92 (39.5)

87 (39.9)

 

current smoker

59 (21.0)

47 (18.6)

42 (18.0)

40 (18.3)

 

Alcohol consumption (%)

 

 

 

 

0.874

once a week

220 (78.3)

199 (78.7)

181 (77.7)

165 (75.7)

 

> once a week

61 (21.7)

54 (21.3)

52 (22.3)

53 (24.3)

 

Exercise (%)

 

 

 

 

0.034

below recommended PA

213 (75.8)

181 (71.5)

171 (73.4)

140 (64.2)

 

above recommended PA

68 (24.2)

72 (28.5)

62 (26.6)

78 (35.8)

 

Sleep duration (%)

 

 

 

 

0.674

5 h

10 (3.6)

6 (2.4)

6 (2.6)

5 (2.3)

 

6-7 h

245 (87.2)

230 (90.9)

201 (86.3)

193 (88.5)

 

8-9 h

26 (9.3)

17 (6.7)

26 (11.2)

20 (9.2)

 

Values are expressed as mean ± SD or number (%).

BMI: Body Mass Index; WC: Waist Circumference; WBR: Waist-BMI Ratio; SBP: Systolic Blood Pressure; DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure; FPG: Fasting Plasma Glucose; TC: Total Cholesterol; HDL-C: High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; TG: Triglyceride; Cr: Serum Creatinine; Mets: Metabolic Syndrome; PA: Physical Activity Serum 25(OH)D (ng/ml): Q1 (1.91-2.72), Q2 (2.73-2.99), Q3 (3.00-3.24), Q4 (3.25-4.29).