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Table 1 Comparison of socio-demographic characteristics (reported in 2008) of respondents and non-respondents (excluding invalid addresses)

From: Life satisfaction and longitudinal changes in physical activity, diabetes and obesity among patients with cardiovascular diseases

 

Respondents

Non-respondents

P§

 

N = 1289

N = 2346

 

Age (years)

64.1 (11.2)

64.5 (12.6)

0.3924

Gender

 Male

70.7

64.6

0.0002

 Female

29.3

35.4

 

Nationality

 Luxembourgish

74.8

70.2

0.0040

 Other

25.2

29.8

 

Marital status

 Married

75.5

66.8

<.0001

 Single/divorced/widowed

24.5

32.2

 

Level of education

 Primary

44.5

56.2

<.0001

 Secondary

40.0

31.3

 

 Superior

15.5

12.5

 

Professional status

 Manual worker

28.8

35.7

<.0001

 Employee

36.3

29.4

 

 Executive

8.9

5.8

 

 Other

26.0

29.1

 

Occupation

 Retired

70.3

64.2

0.0004

 Other

29.7

35.8

 

Hypertension

 Yes

60.1

69.0

<.0001

 No

39.9

31.0

 

Hypercholesterolemia

 Yes

60.3

62.6

0.1879

 No

39.7

37.4

 

Diabetes

 Yes

23.5

29.4

0.0002

 No

76.5

70.6

 

BMI

 Normal

25.2

26.4

0.2260

 Overweight

44.4

41.4

 

 Obese

30.4

32.2

 

Physical activity

 Yes

68.0

51.9

<.0001

 No

32.0

48.1

 

Tobacco consumption

 Yes

17.1

25.9

<.0001

 No

82.9

74.1

 
  1. §Significant p-value: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
  2. Means (s.d.) or %