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Table 3 Baseline socio-demographic characteristics of participants in the Qatar Biobank pilot study (December 2012-February 2014 (N = 1209))

From: The Qatar Biobank: background and methods

Characteristic

Men

Women

 
 

N (%)

N (%)

P-value

Age group (years)

  

0.15

  < 25

54 (10.7)

94 (13.4)

 

 25–34

145 (28.7)

212 (30.2)

 

 35–44

102 (20.2)

127 (18.1)

 

 45–54

118 (23.3)

179 (25.5)

 

  ≥ 55

87 (17.2)

91 (12.9)

 

Marital status

  

<0.001

 Married

402 (79.5)

461 (65.6)

 

 Divorced/separated

14 (2.7)

33 (4.7)

 

 Widow/widower

1 (0.2)

23 (3.3)

 

 Single

89 (17.6)

186 (26.4)

 

Education

  

<0.001

 Less than primary school

1 (0.2)

28 (3.9)

 

 Primary school

10 (2.0)

30 (4.3)

 

 Secondary school

36 (7.1)

37 (5.3)

 

 Technical/professional school

116 (22.9)

155 (22.1)

 

 University

270 (53.4)

408 (58.0)

 

 Postgraduate degree

72 (14.2)

43 (6.1)

 

 Missing

1 (0.2)

2 (0.3)

 

Employment status

  

<0.001

 Student or trainee

32 (6.3)

70 (10.0)

 

 Paid employee

377 (74.5)

320 (45.5)

 

 Self-employed/business owner

49 (9.7)

9 (1.3)

 

 Housewife

0 (0)

189 (26.9)

 

 Retired

22 (4.3)

80 (11.4)

 

 Unemployed

8 (1.6)

15 (2.1)

 

 None of the above

8 (1.6)

19 (2.7)

 

 Prefer not to answer

9 (1.8)

1 (0.1)

 

 Missing

1 (0.2)

0 (0)

 
  1. P-values for sex comparison calculated using Chi-squared test