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Table 2 Characteristics of the employees' sample: gender, age, and duration of daily VDT use at various workplaces (> 1 h/d)

From: Musculoskeletal symptoms of the upper extremities and the neck: A cross-sectional study on prevalence and symptom-predicting factors at visual display terminal (VDT) workstations

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

  1. * 5 subjects didn't indicate their age