Response and participation of underserved populations after a three-step invitation strategy for a cardiometabolic health check

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of all patients eligible for the cardiometabolic health check

	Total (n = 1644)			Dutch with low SES (n = 437)			Turkish (n = 353)			Moroccan (n = 344)			Surinamese (n = 510)
	n	%	mean (SD)	n	%	mean (SD)	n	%	mean (SD)	n	%	mean (SD)	n	%	mean (SD)	p value
Gender
Male	882	54		220	50		192	54		210	61^a		260	51		.011
Female	762	46		217	50		161	46		134	39		250	49		.011
Age (years)	1644	100	50 (7.00)	437	100	52 (6.27)^b	353	100	51 (5.55)	344	100	51 (6.32)	510	100	47 (7.57)^c	<.001
Age (cat.)
35-45	259	16		14	3		8	2		15	4		222	44
45-50	595	36		160	37		164	46		147	43		124	24
50-55	392	24		118	27		97	27		93	27		84	16
55-60	213	13		75	17		48	14		44	13		46	9
60-65	120	7		45	10		26	7		27	8		22	4
65+	65	4		25	6		10	3		18	5		12	2
SES score (score)	1644	100	−2.14 (2.46)	437	100	−0.39 (1.55)	353	100	−3.32 (2.28)	344	100	−2.30 (2.43)	510	100	−2.73 (2.43)	<.001^d
SES score (cat.)
> 0	470	29		231	53		48	14		82	24		109	21
0 till −2	386	24		151	35		57	16		91	26		87	17
−2 till −4	267	16		34	8		66	19		52	15		115	23
< −4	521	32		21	5		182	52		119	35		199	39

^aSignificantly more males than females when compared to the native Dutch and Surinamese
^bSignificantly older than the other ethnic groups
^cSignificantly younger than the other ethnic groups
^dAll ethnic groups differed significantly from each other

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