Male | Female | |||
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N | Proportion/Mean (SD) | N | Proportion/Mean (SD) | |
Sociodemographic variables | ||||
Age (yrs) | 585 | 70.1 (9.3) | 522 | 69.5 (8.6) |
Educational level | ||||
Low education | 11 | 1.9 % | 44 | 8.9 % |
Intermediate education | 324 | 56.5 % | 335 | 67.7 % |
High education | 238 | 41.5 % | 116 | 23.4 % |
Self-perceived social position | ||||
Scale from 1 to 10 | 541 | 5.6 (1.7) | 478 | 5.4 (1.8) |
Household income | ||||
Low (<€1,500) | 143 | 24.9 % | 227 | 45.3 % |
Intermediate (≥€1,500 to < €2,000) | 162 | 28.2 % | 124 | 24.8 % |
High (≥€2,000) | 269 | 46.9 % | 150 | 29.9 % |
Type of insurance | ||||
Statutory health insurance | 549 | 94.3 % | 506 | 97.5 % |
Private health insurance | 33 | 5.7 % | 13 | 2.5 % |
Health-related variables | ||||
Self-perceived general health situation | ||||
Excellent | 8 | 1.4 % | 6 | 1.2 % |
Very good | 91 | 15.6 % | 67 | 12.9 % |
Good | 353 | 60.6 % | 296 | 57.0 % |
Fair | 108 | 18.5 % | 130 | 25.1 % |
Poor | 23 | 4.0 % | 20 | 3.9 % |
SF-12 Physical Health Scores | 565 | 46.5 (9.2) | 496 | 44.3 (10.1) |
SF-12 Mental Health Scores | 565 | 51.8 (10.2) | 496 | 49.1 (11.4) |
SBP (mmHg) | 549 | 128.7 (18.7) | 466 | 124.7 (19.5) |
DBP (mmHg) | 549 | 74.4 (10.8) | 466 | 73.5 (9.8) |
Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2) | 547 | 28.7 (4.1) | 467 | 29.2 (5.4) |
Medical consultation last quarter | ||||
Never | 45 | 8.1 % | 35 | 6.9 % |
1–2 | 243 | 43.9 % | 230 | 45.6 % |
3–4 | 163 | 29.4 % | 155 | 30.8 % |
>4 | 103 | 18.6 % | 84 | 16.7 % |
Disease prevalence: | ||||
Myocardial infarction | 60 | 10.3 % | 11 | 2.1 % |
Stroke | 31 | 5.3 % | 17 | 3.3 % |
Hypertension | 434 | 79.5 % | 359 | 77.0 % |
Diabetes mellitus (DM) | 120 | 20.5 % | 90 | 17.2 % |