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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the CARLA study population

From: Health literacy in an urban elderly East-German population – results from the population-based CARLA study

 

Male

Female

 

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 %