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Table 1 Characteristics of male and female participants
| Male (51%) | Female (49%) | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Mean (SD) | 63.5 (10.1) | 64.9 (8.8) | 64 (9.5) |
| Education | Compulsory school | 36.0 | 44.1 | 40.0 |
| Secondary school | 29.9 | 28.2 | 29.1 | |
| University | 34.1 | 27.7 | 31.0 | |
| MHLCa | Internal (MD) | 24** | 22** | 23 |
| Chance (MD) | 16 | 17 | 17 | |
| Powerful others (MD) | 20** | 18** | 19 | |
| Disease burden (number of diseases) | ≤2 | 61.3 | 56.6 | 59.0 |
| 3 | 21.6 | 21.2 | 21.4 | |
| 4 | 8.8 | 15.2 | 11.9 | |
| ≥5 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 7.7 | |
| Self-rated health | Very poor | 0.5 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Poor | 6.2 | 8.9 | 7.5 | |
| Neither good nor poor | 31.4 | 25.7 | 28.6 | |
| Good | 51.0 | 56.9 | 53.9 | |
| Very good | 11.0 | 8.4 | 7.7 |
