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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the study population

From: Association between social trust and the risk of cardiovascular disease in older adults in Korea: a nationwide retrospective cohort study

 

Social trust, quintiles

p value

1st (lowest)

2nd

3rd

4th

5th (highest)

Social trust range, %

41.5–52.8

53.1–58.3

58.5–60.2

60.4–66.6

67.6–88.5

 

Number of people

434,166

444,249

417,097

429,368

431,949

 

Age, years, mean (SD)

67.3 (7.1)

67.1 (7.1)

67.4 (7.2)

67.4 (7.1)

67.4 (7.3)

< 0.001

Sex, N (%)

 Men

201,353 (46.4)

207,478 (46.7)

190,434 (45.7)

197,940 (46.1)

199,701 (46.2)

< 0.001

 Women

232,813 (53.6)

236,771 (53.3)

226,663 (54.3)

231,428 (53.9)

232,248 (53.8)

 

Area of residence, N (%)

 Capital

286,828 (66.1)

212,645 (47.9)

258,848 (62.1)

171,474 (39.9)

58,866 (13.6)

< 0.001

 Metropolitan city

147,338 (33.9)

231,604 (52.1)

158,249 (37.9)

257,894 (60.1)

373,083 (86.4)

 

Household income, quartiles, N (%)

 1st (highest)

151,583 (34.9)

164,470 (37.0)

167,764 (40.2)

160,742 (37.4)

176,961 (41.0)

< 0.001

 2nd

105,931 (24.4)

109,409 (24.6)

97,325 (23.3)

106,419 (24.8)

106,706 (24.7)

 

 3rd

79,459 (18.3)

78,192 (17.6)

67,796 (16.3)

73,518 (17.1)

69,518 (16.1)

 

 4th (lowest)

97,193 (22.4)

92,178 (20.8)

84,212 (20.2)

88,689 (20.7)

78,764 (18.2)

 

Charlson comorbidity index, N (%)

 0

190,708 (43.9)

193,912 (43.7)

184,037 (44.1)

183,936 (42.8)

180,981 (41.9)

< 0.001

 1

121,047 (27.9)

123,748 (27.9)

114,967 (27.6)

118,112 (27.5)

122,152 (28.3)

 

  ≥ 2

122,411 (28.2)

126,589 (28.5)

118,093 (28.3)

127,320 (29.7)

128,816 (29.8)

 
  1. p value calculated by Chi-squared test for categorical variables and analysis of variance for continuous variables
  2. Acronyms: SD standard deviation, N number of people