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Table 2 General characteristics of subjects by mediators

From: Association between osteoarthritis and unmet medical needs in Korea: limitations in activities as a mediator

 

OA (N = 2782)

Non-OA (N = 7347)

Limitations in activities

Yes

No

Pvalue

Yes

No

Pvalue

(N = 877)

(N = 1905)

(N = 657)

(N = 6690)

Age (years)

68.5 ± 8.4

66.4 ± 8.6

< 0.001

63.7 ± 8.5

61.5 ± 8.4

< 0.001

Sex

  

0.923

  

0.057

 Men

255 (29.1)

487 (25.6)

 

327 (49.8)

3311 (49.5)

 

 Women

622 (70.9)

1418 (74.4)

 

330 (50.2)

3379 (50.5)

 

Marriage status

  

< 0.001

  

0.007

 Cohabitant, spouse

562 (64.1)

1321 (69.3)

 

508 (77.3)

5660 (84.6)

 

 Divorced, separated, single, widowed

315 (35.9)

584 (30.7)

 

149 (22.7)

1030 (15.4)

 

Household composition

  

< 0.001

  

0.001

 One-person household

190 (21.7)

305 (16.0)

 

82 (12.5)

539 (8.1)

 

 One-generation household

354 (40.4)

763 (40.1)

 

273 (41.6)

2429 (36.3)

 

 Two-generation household

233 (26.6)

585 (30.7)

 

238 (36.2)

2995 (44.8)

 

 Three-generation household or more

100 (11.4)

252 (13.2)

 

64 (9.7)

727 (10.9)

 

Household income

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Lower

477 (54.4)

787 (41.3)

 

247 (37.6)

1471 (22.0)

 

 Lower middle

219 (25.0)

500 (26.2)

 

176 (26.8)

1732 (25.9)

 

 Upper middle

107 (12.2)

322 (16.9)

 

135 (20.5)

1622 (24.2)

 

 Upper

74 (8.4)

296 (15.5)

 

99 (15.1)

1865 (27.9)

 

Residence

  

0.034

  

0.007

 Town

521 (59.4)

1235 (64.8)

 

487 (74.1)

5207 (77.8)

 

 Rural

356 (40.6)

670 (35.2)

 

170 (25.9)

1483 (22.2)

 

Education level

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Elementary school graduate or lower

645 (73.5)

1261 (66.2)

 

319 (48.6)

2368 (35.4)

 

 Middle school graduate

133 (15.2)

283 (14.9)

 

118 (18.0)

1232 (18.4)

 

 High school graduate

76 (8.7)

268 (14.1)

 

151 (23.0)

2025 (30.3)

 

 College graduate or higher

23 (2.6)

93 (4.9)

 

69 (10.5)

1065 (15.9)

 

Occupation

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 White collar and service

49 (5.6)

245 (12.9)

 

78 (11.9)

1577 (23.6)

 

 Blue collar and farmer

239 (27.3)

695 (36.5)

 

172 (26.2)

2342 (35.0)

 

 Unemployed

589 (67.2)

965 (50.7)

 

407 (61.9)

2771 (41.4)

 

Type of insurance

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Medical aid system

78 (8.9)

70 (3.7)

 

61 (9.3)

122 (1.8)

 

 National health insurance

799 (91.1)

1835 (96.3)

 

596 (90.7)

6568 (98.2)

 

Private insurance

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 No

548 (62.5)

1007 (52.9)

 

345 (52.5)

2265 (33.9)

 

 Yes

329 (37.5)

898 (47.1)

 

312 (47.5)

4425 (66.1)

 

Current status of smoking

  

0.223

  

0.106

 No

763 (87.0)

1699 (89.2)

 

557 (84.8)

5541 (82.8)

 

 Yes

114 (13.0)

206 (10.8)

 

100 (15.2)

1149 (17.2)

 

Monthly status of drinking

  

< 0.001

  

0.015

 No

613 (69.9)

1241 (65.1)

 

409 (62.3)

3386 (50.6)

 

 Yes

264 (30.1)

664 (34.9)

 

248 (37.7)

3304 (49.4)

 

Execution of muscle strengthening exercise

  

0.024

  

0.01

 No

792 (90.3)

1653 (86.8)

 

522 (79.5)

5045 (75.4)

 

 Yes

85 (9.7)

252 (13.2)

 

135 (20.5)

1645 (24.6)

 

Depression

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 No

807 (92.0)

1851 (97.2)

 

610 (92.8)

6575 (98.3)

 

 Yes

70 (8.0)

54 (2.8)

 

47 (7.2)

115 (1.7)

 

Obesity

  

0.607

  

0.401

 No

527 (60.1)

1111 (58.3)

 

434 (66.1)

4491 (67.1)

 

 Yes

350 (39.9)

794 (41.7)

 

223 (33.9)

2199 (32.9)

 

Hypertension

  

0.052

  

0.034

 No

338 (38.5)

817 (42.9)

 

327 (49.8)

3600 (53.8)

 

 Yes

539 (61.5)

1088 (57.1)

 

330 (50.2)

3090 (46.2)

 

Diabetes

  

< 0.001

  

0.113

 No

687 (78.3)

1543 (81.0)

 

501 (76.3)

5618 (84.0)

 

 Yes

190 (21.7)

362 (19.0)

 

156 (23.7)

1072 (16.0)

 

Hyperlipidemia

  

0.003

  

0.417

 No

644 (73.4)

1428 (75.0)

 

485 (73.8)

5274 (78.8)

 

 Yes

233 (26.6)

477 (25.0)

 

172 (26.2)

1416 (21.2)

 

Unmet needs

Unmet needs in all causes

365 (41.6)

513 (26.9)

< 0.001

141 (21.5)

750 (11.2)

< 0.001

Availability

38 (4.3)

133 (7.0)

0.009

31 (4.7)

220 (3.3)

0.07

Accessibility

206 (23.5)

205 (10.8)

< 0.001

65 (9.9)

181 (2.7)

< 0.001

Financial accessibility

165 (18.8)

175 (9.2)

< 0.001

57 (8.7)

157 (2.3)

< 0.001

Transportation accessibility

41 (4.7)

30 (1.6)

< 0.001

8 (1.2)

24 (0.4)

0.004

Acceptability

60 (6.8)

126 (6.6)

0.888

30 (4.6)

292 (4.4)

0.888

  1. Values are presented as number (percentage) and mean ± standard deviation. OA: osteoarthritis;