Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the studied groups
From: Diabetes mellitus and hypertension have comparable adverse effects on health-related quality of life
HI (N = 5.043) | RR (N = 1.490) | RR+ (N = 1.564) | DM (N = 231) | DM+ (N = 742) | p | significant differencesb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agea | 46.5 (46.1-47.0) | 60.1 (59.4-60.8) | 65.3 (64.6-65.9) | 60.0 (58.4-61.7) | 65.7 (64.9-66.5) | < 0.001 | RR&RR+, RR&DM+, DM&DM+, DM&RR+, HI&all other groups | |
Gender | Male | 32.8% | 29.9% | 28.7% | 44.6% | 32.3% | < 0.001 | DM&DM+, DM&RR+, RR &DM, RR+&HI, DM&HI |
Female | 67.2% | 70.1% | 71.3% | 55.4% | 67.7% | |||
Level of education | Unfinished primary school | 9.8% | 24.2% | 31,1% | 16.0% | 30.7% | < 0.001 | RR&RR+, RR&DM+, DM&DM+, DM&RR+, HI&all other groups |
Primary school | 20.1% | 26.9% | 28.8% | 28.6% | 27.8% | |||
High school or similar | 53.5% | 37.4% | 31.2% | 43.3% | 32.4% | |||
College or University | 16.6% | 11.5% | 8,9% | 12.1% | 9.1% | |||
Employed | Yes | 44.0% | 22.3% | 11.9% | 21.2% | 10.4% | < 0.001 | RR&RR+, RR&DM+, DM&DM+, DM&RR+, HI&all other groups |
No | 56.0% | 77.7% | 88.1% | 78.8% | 89.6% | |||
Self-evaluation of financial status | Poorer than average | 36.8% | 45.0% | 54.7% | 45.4% | 53.0% | < 0.001 | RR&RR+, RR&DM+, RR&HI, RR+&HI, DM+&HI |
Average | 50.2% | 45.5% | 39.3% | 45.9% | 40.4% | |||
Better than average | 13.0% | 9.5% | 6.0% | 8.7% | 6.6% |