Fig 1.
Differences in METs during work-time across occupational categories of the ISCO-88.
CI, confidence interval; ISCO-88, International Standard Classification of Occupations 1988; METs, metabolic equivalents. Intergroup comparisons (low-intensity vs. moderate-intensity vs. high-intensity group) revealed highly significant differences (p<0.001).
Table 1.
Aerobic capacity and objective SenseWear activity data across occupational groups (n = 303).
Fig 2.
Comparison of objective SWMA activity data with subjective IPAQ activity data.
HPA_Recreation_IPAQ / HPA_Work_IPAQ, physical activity duration at high intensity (8 METs) based on the International Physical Activity Questionnaire; HPA_Recreation_SWMA / HPA_Work_SWMA, physical activity duration at high intensity (6–9 METs) measured by the SenseWear Mini armband; MPA_Recreation_IPAQ / MPA_Work_IPAQ, physical activity duration at moderate intensity (3–6 METs) based on the International Physical Activity Questionnaire; MPA_Recreation_SWMA / MPA_Work_SWMA, physical activity duration at moderate intensity (3–6 METs) measured by the SenseWear Mini armband. * Intergroup comparisons (low-intensity vs. moderate-intensity vs. high-intensity group) revealed highly significant differences (p<0.001).
Table 2.
Ratio of workload to maximum work capacity according to occupational group and gender.
Table 3.
Forward stepwise multiple linear regressions with workload [METs] as dependent variable.