Abnormal liver function and central obesity associate with work-related fatigue among the Taiwanese workers

Table 1 Baseline data and distribution of characteristics

Characteristic/Potential risk factor	Total (n = 1216)
NFR score	27.8 (21.6)
Age (yr)	34.6 (7.1)
Working year (yr)	9.1 (6.5)
Blood tests
ALT (U/dL)	31.5 (31.8)
AST (U/dL)	23.4 (16.1)
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	56.2 (12.4)
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	122.3 (81.8)
Fasting blood sugar (mg/dL)	91.6 (22.1)
Hemoglobin (mg/dL)	14.7 (1.6)
White blood count (× 103/mL)	6.3 (1.7)
Anthropometric measures
Waist (cm)	81.0 (11.1)
Body mass index (kg/m2)	24.3 (3.8)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	124.9 (15.8)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	80.5 (11.5)
Male gender n (%)	852 (70)
Shiftwork n (%)	400 (33)
Smoking1n (%)	126 (11)
Blood tests
Abnormal ALT n (%)	249 (21)
Hypo-HDL2n (%)	134 (11)
Hypertriglyceridemia2n (%)	309 (25)
Elevated fasting blood sugar2n (%)	167 (14)
Anemia3n (%)	29 (2)
Anthropometric measures
Central obesity2n (%)	274 (23)
Elevated blood pressure2n (%)	543 (45)

Abnormal ALT: > 40 mg/dL.

¹Recent one year and more than one pack a day: Yes vs no;

²Taiwanese metabolic syndrome criteria;

³Significant anemia: Hb < 11 for females or < 12 mg/dL for males.