Table 1 Characteristics of females aged 45 years or above, with and without informed consent.
From: Changes of the prescription of hormone therapy in menopausal women: An observational study in Taiwan
Totala (n = 3439) | No consent (n = 543) | Consent (n = 2875) | P-valueb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Demographic factors | |||||||
Age | <0.0001 | ||||||
45–55 | 1,500 | 43.6 | 185 | 34.1 | 1,305 | 45.4 | |
55–65 | 909 | 26.4 | 153 | 28.2 | 751 | 26.1 | |
65+ | 1,030 | 30.0 | 205 | 37.8 | 819 | 28.5 | |
Education | <0.0001 | ||||||
None | 997 | 29.0 | 223 | 41.1 | 767 | 26.7 | |
Elementary school or lower | 1,446 | 42.1 | 201 | 37.0 | 1,239 | 43.1 | |
Junior high school | 333 | 9.7 | 40 | 7.4 | 291 | 10.1 | |
Senior high school | 418 | 12.2 | 57 | 10.5 | 358 | 12.5 | |
Undergraduate or graduate | 243 | 7.1 | 21 | 3.9 | 219 | 7.6 | |
Missing | 2 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 | |
Marital status | 0.0138 | ||||||
Unmarried | 951 | 27.7 | 174 | 32.0 | 773 | 26.9 | |
Married | 2,488 | 72.4 | 369 | 68.00 | 2,102 | 73.1 | |
Economic factors | |||||||
Employment status | 0.0001 | ||||||
Employed | 1,046 | 30.4 | 117 | 21.6 | 919 | 31.9 | |
Unemployed | 2,389 | 69.5 | 424 | 78.1 | 1,956 | 68.0 | |
Missing | 4 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | |
Personal income (NT $) | 0.0005 | ||||||
None | 1,448 | 42.1 | 270 | 49.7 | 1,173 | 40.8 | |
<4.999 | 494 | 14.4 | 83 | 15.3 | 409 | 14.2 | |
5,000~9,999 | 269 | 7.8 | 34 | 6.3 | 234 | 8.1 | |
10,000~14,999 | 269 | 7.8 | 42 | 7.7 | 223 | 7.8 | |
15,000~19,999 | 261 | 7.6 | 33 | 6.1 | 227 | 7.9 | |
20,000~39,999 | 418 | 12.2 | 46 | 8.5 | 367 | 12.8 | |
>= 40,000 | 243 | 7.1 | 27 | 5.0 | 215 | 7.5 | |
Missing | 37 | 1.1 | 8 | 1.50 | 27 | 1.0 | |
Health Status | 0.1672 | ||||||
Illness in the past six months | |||||||
No | 757 | 22.0 | 107 | 19.7 | 643 | 22.4 | |
Yes | 2,680 | 78.9 | 436 | 80.3 | 2,230 | 77.6 | |
Missing | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | |