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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the participants, by gender

From: Prevalence of measured and reported multimorbidity in a representative sample of the Swiss population

 

Women (N = 1967)

Men (N = 1747)

p-value

Age (years)

50.0 ± 8.8

49.1 ± 8.8

0.004

Educational level (%)

   

Primary

368 (18.7)

246 (14.1)

 

Apprenticeship

672 (34.2)

596 (34.1)

<0.001

High school/college

559 (28.4)

442 (25.3)

 

University

368 (18.7)

463 (26.5)

 

Social help (%)

307 (15.6)

241 (13.8)

0.12

Born in Switzerland (%)

1210 (61.6)

1035 (59.2)

0.15

Smoking status (%)

   

Never

855 (43.5)

604 (34.6)

 

Former

566 (28.8)

627 (35.9)

0.001

Current

544 (27.7)

516 (29.5)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

24.8 ± 4.9

26.3 ± 3.8

<0.001

BMI categories (%)

   

Normal

1206 (61.4)

708 (40.5)

 

Overweight

516 (26.3)

787 (45.1)

<0.001

Obese

243 (12.4)

252 (14.4)

 

Waist (cm)

82.1 ± 12.4

94.3 ± 10.9

<0.001

Abdominal obesity (%)

564 (28.7)

379 (21.7)

<0.001

  1. BMI, body mass index. Results are expressed as number of participants (percentage) or as average ± standard deviation. Statistical analysis by chi-square or Student’s t-test.