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Table 1 Sample characteristics by gender and ethnicity
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Turkish | Moroccan | Dutch | Turkish | Moroccan | |
| (n = 201) | (n = 180) | (n = 175) | (n = 283) | (n = 203) | (n = 141) | |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||||
| Age (years (sd)) | 51.2 (14.9) | 48.8 (12.8) | 52.2 (13.4) | 51.3 (15.4) | 42.6 (13.8) | 44.6 (13.8)* |
| Educational level (%) | ||||||
| none or primary | 12.1 | 57.5 | 63.9* | 22.1 | 63.8 | 64.7* |
| secondary | 87.9 | 42.5 | 36.1 | 77.9 | 36.2 | 35.3 |
| Employment (%) | ||||||
| employeda | 63.6 | 40.2 | 37.0* | 59.6 | 26.8 | 27.3* |
| housewife/man | 1.0 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 6.5 | 37.4 | 51.5 |
| retired | 22.2 | 17.2 | 22.0 | 20.6 | 6.8 | 3.0 |
| unemployed | 13.1 | 40.2 | 39.9 | 13.0 | 28.9 | 18.2 |
| Psychological distress | ||||||
| K10 (mean (sd)) | 16.0 (5.9) | 18.1 (8.1) | 17.6 (9.1)* | 16.0 (6.5) | 18.6 (8.0) | 17.9 (6.8)* |
| K10 ≥ 20 (%) | 22.9 | 33.9 | 29.7 | 20.1 | 36.9 | 38.3* |
| Cardiovascular risk factor prevalence (%) | ||||||
| Obesity | 12.9 | 28.5 | 19.0 * | 19.8 | 48.0 | 48.2 * |
| Abdominal obesity | 56.2 | 72.2 | 68.0 * | 75.3 | 87.6 | 85.0 * |
| Hypertension | 58.9 | 52.2 | 46.7 | 47.1 | 35.7 | 33.6 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 29.0 | 19.6 | 13.3 * | 31.3 | 13.4 | 13.6 * |
| Low HDL cholesterol | 14.9 | 37.2 | 30.9 * | 19.4 | 53.2 | 42.6 * |
| Diabetes | 5.1 | 11.0 | 18.8 * | 2.9 | 8.4 | 16.1 * |
