Table 1

Socio-demographic data


Study patients
 German primary care patients
Items
N
 Percent
 Percent
 Source
Female gender
169/233
 73%
 53%
 [45]
Age groups
 0–19 years
 54/233
 23%
 14%
 [45]

20–39 years
 73/233
 31%
 27%
 [45]

40–59 years
 87/233
 37%
 27%
 [45]

60–75 years
 19/233
 8%
 21%
 [45]


Adult study patients enrolled after 1. Jan 1999
 German population
"Fachhochschule" or university entrance qualification
69/157
 44%
 19%
 [46]
University degree
32/156
 21%
 6%
 [46]
Wage earners
7/157
 4%
 18%
 [46]
Unemployed during last 12 months
 Economically active patients
 7/91
 8%
 10%
 [46]
Living alone
25/154
 16%
 21%
 [46]
Net family income < 900 € per month
15/136
 11%
 16%
 [46]
Alcohol use daily (EYT) vs. almost daily (Germany)
 Male
 4/32
 13%
 28%
 [47]

Female
 3/125
 2%
 11%
Regular smoking
 Male
 14/32
 44%
 37%
 [48]

Female
 18/124
 15%
 28%
Sports activity ≥ 1 hour weekly
 Age 25–69
 71/141
 50%
 39%
 [49]
Body mass index < 18.5 (low)
 Male
 0/32
 0%
 1%
 [50]

Female
 6/124
 5%
 4%
Body mass index ≥ 25 (overweight)
 Male
 9/32
 28%
 56%
 [50]

Female
 32/124
 26%
 39%
Permanent work disability pension
9/157
 6%
 3%
 [51]
Severe disability status
8/157
 5%
 12%
 [52]
Sick leave days in the last 12 months, mean (SD)
 Economically active patients
 22.4 (44.8) days
 17.0 days
 [53]

Hamre et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2007 7:10   doi:10.1186/1472-6882-7-10