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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the cohort (N = 232,507)

From: Exploring gender differences in medication consumption and mortality in a cohort of hypertensive patients in Northern Italy

	N			%
	Women	Men	Total	Women	Men	Total
Age class
30–34	374	687	1,061	0.29	0.66	0.46
35–39	1,038	1,723	2,761	0.81	1.66	1.19
40–44	2,786	4,656	7,442	2.16	4.49	3.2
45–49	6,045	9,022	15,067	4.69	8.7	6.48
50–54	10,489	13,642	24,131	8.14	13.16	10.38
55–59	12,583	14,842	27,425	9.77	14.32	11.8
60–64	14,247	14,492	28,739	11.06	13.98	12.36
65–69	16,625	13,888	30,513	12.9	13.4	13.12
70–74	16,929	11,572	28,501	13.14	11.16	12.26
75–79	17,931	9,596	27,527	13.92	9.26	11.84
80–84	14,270	5,629	19,899	11.07	5.43	8.56
85–89	9,663	2,795	12,458	7.5	2.7	5.36
90–94	4,565	936	5,501	3.54	0.9	2.37
95–99	1,310	172	1,482	1.02	0.17	0.64
Nationality
Italian	121,736	99,199	220,935	94.48	95.7	95.02
Non-Italian	7,119	4,453	11,572	5.52	4.3	4.98
Deprivation Index
Very low	31,419	26,715	58,134	24.38	25.77	25
Low	31,530	26,601	58,131	24.47	25.66	25
High	32,290	25,829	58,119	25.06	24.92	25
Very high	33,616	24,507	58,123	26.09	23.64	25
Hospital admission
No	106,805	85,157	191,962	82.89	82.16	82.56
Yes	22,050	18,495	40,545	17.11	17.84	17.44
First-aid access
No	82,081	69,063	151,144	63.7	66.63	65.01
Yes	46,774	34,589	81,363	36.3	33.37	34.99
Treated
No	8,756	6,709	15,465	6.8	6.47	6.65
Yes	120,099	96,943	217,042	93.2	93.53	93.35
80% Compliance
No	25,702	18,352	44,054	19.95	17.71	18.95
Yes	103,153	85,300	188,453	80.05	82.29	81.05
Death (all causes)
No	125,232	101,849	227,081	97.19	98.26	97.67
Yes	3,623	1,803	5,426	2.81	1.74	2.33
Death (CVDs)
No	127,464	103,037	230,501	98.92	99.41	99.14
Yes	1,391	615	2,006	1.08	0.59	0.86

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