Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the respondents and non-respondents
Characteristics | Respondents (n =605) | Non-respondents (n =714) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
Gender | |||||
Male | 535 | (88.4) | 628 | (88.0) | 0.79 |
Female | 70 | (11.6) | 86 | (12.0) | |
Age (years) | |||||
39 and under | 103 | (17.0) | 162 | (22.7) | 0.001 |
40-59 | 395 | (65.3) | 470 | (65.8) | |
60 and over | 107 | (17.7) | 82 | (11.5) | |
Specialty | |||||
Family medicine | 339 | (56.1) | 324 | (47.7) | 0.009 |
Internal medicine | 142 | (23.5) | 166 | (24.4) | |
Psychiatry | 10 | (1.7) | 17 | (2.5) | |
Others | 114 | (18.8) | 172 | (25.3) | |
Practicing institution | |||||
Medical center | 25 | (4.1) | 40 | (5.6) | <0.001 |
Regional hospital | 61 | (10.1) | 190 | (26.7) | |
Community hospital | 56 | (9.3) | 11 | (1.5) | |
Primary care setting | 463 | (76.5) | 471 | (66.2) | |
Smoking status | |||||
Non-smoker | 531 | (87.8) | - | - | |
Ex-smoker | 68 | (11.2) | - | - | |
Current smoker | 6 | (1.0) | - | - | |