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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants at baseline

From: Causes of death and associated risk factors among climacteric women from Southern Brazil: a population based-study

Characteristic

Overall group

Survivors

Non-survivors

pa

 

(n = 358)

(n = 341)

(n = 17)

 

Age (years)

44.29 ± 6.01

44.13 ± 6.01

48.00 ± 4.48

0.009

White skin color (yes)

86.3

87.0

76.5

0.263

Educational level (years)

8.44 ± 4.77

8.55 ± 4.73

6.29 ± 5.21

0.062

  0-4

24.6

22.9

52.9

0.046

  5-8

28.5

29.1

17.6

 

  9-11

21.5

21.8

17.6

 

  ≥12

25.4

26.2

11.8

 

Menopausal status

    

  Premenopause

47.1

48.2

23.5

0.040

  Perimenopause

39.0

38.8

41.2

 

  Postmenopause

10.3

9.8

29.4

 

Hysterectomy

3.2

3.1

5.9

 

Smoker (yes)

26.8

26.0

47.1

0.055

Alcohol intake (g)

0.18 (0-1.78)

0.21 (0-1.82)

0.08 (0-0.57)

0.213

Nondrinkers

29.3

28.5

41.2

0.480

Social drinkers

66.5

67.4

52.9

 

Abusers

4.2

4.1

5.9

 

Hypertension (yes)

49.4

49.3

52.9

0.767

Diabetes (yes)

3.9

2.9

23.5

<0.001

Dyslipidemia (yes)

6.7

6.5

11.8

0.395

Hormonal therapy

15.6

15.0

29.4

0.109

  1. aContinuous variables were compared using the Student’s t-test and expressed as means ± standard deviation or median (IQ). Categorical variables were compared using Pearson’s chi-square test and expresses as percentage.