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Table 1 Patients’ sociodemographic characteristics

From: What hypertensive patients want to know [and from whom] about their disease: a two-year longitudinal study

Characteristic

Value

Number of patients

202

Age, mean ± SD

54.3 ± 10.4

Gender

N (%)

 Female

86 (42.6)

 Male

116 (57.4)

Education level

N (%)

  < High School Diploma

54 (26.7)

 High School Diploma

99 (49)

  > High School Diploma

49 (24.3)

Employment Status

N (%)

 Employed

114 (56.4)

 Retired

55 (27.2)

 Unemployed

10 (4.9)

 Housewife

12 (5.9)

 Retired with some work activities

11 (5.4)

Marital status

N (%)

 Married

159 (78.7)

 Not Married (Also widowed/divorced)

43 (21.3)