Table 2 Descriptive statistics of controls and cases by matching and confounding variables
Controls | Cases | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Min | Max | N | Mean | SD | Min | Max | N | ||
Matching variables | Age (in deciles) | 5,51 | 2,47 | 1 | 10 | 318 | 5,51 | 2,47 | 1 | 10 | 318 |
Gender | 1,38 | 0,49 | 1 | 2 | 318 | 1,38 | 0,49 | 1 | 2 | 318 | |
Education (in classes) | 2,37 | 0,62 | 1 | 3 | 318 | 2,37 | 0,62 | 1 | 3 | 318 | |
Confounding variables | Employment status | 1,65 | 1,16 | 1 | 4 | 317 | 1,53 | 1,09 | 1 | 4 | 315 |
Risk propensity | 1,82 | 0,63 | 1 | 3 | 310 | 2,17 | 0,69 | 1 | 3 | 318 | |
Religiosity | 1,28 | 0,45 | 1 | 2 | 314 | 1,44 | 0,50 | 1 | 2 | 256 | |