Table 1 |
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| Basic characteristics of the sample stratified by sex | |||
| Sex | Total (n = 302) | ||
| Male (n = 119) | Female (n = 183) | ||
| Age in years (mean; sd) (p > .05) | 55.4; 11.8 | 52.9; 10.9 | 53.9; 11.3 |
| Education (%)(p < .001) | |||
| no school education | 8.5 | 37.4 | 26.1 |
| primary school education | 47.9 | 41.2 | 43.8 |
| secondary school education | 11.1 | 5.5 | 7.7 |
| high school or university education | 32.5 | 15.9 | 22.4 |
| Diseases (%) (p < .05) | |||
| Diabetes | 58.5 | 64.5 | 62.1 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 27.1 | 16.4 | 20.6 |
| Diabetes and cardiovascular disease | 14.4 | 19.1 | 17.3 |
| Duration of disease treatment in years (mean; sd) (p > .05) | 8.9; 6.6 | 8.7; 6.7 | 8.8; 6.6 |
sd: standard deviation.
Brzoska et al. BMC Public Health 2012 12:852 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-852
