Table 3.
Baseline characteristics for the Amalgam cohort (n = 32), MUPS cohort (n = 28) and the Healthy cohort (n = 19).
| Cohort | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amalgam (n = 32) | MUPS (n = 28) | Healthy (n = 19) | ||
| Gender | Male | 13 (40.6%) | 4 (14.3%) | 6 (31.6%) |
| Women | 19 (59.4%) | 24 (85.7%) | 13 (68.4%) | |
| Age (years); mean (SD) | 52.1 (7.5) | 49.9 (10.3) | 46.9 (13.1) | |
| Education; n (%) | Primary and lower secondary school | 3 (9.4%) | 3 (10.7%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Upper secondary school, vocational program | 9 (28.1%) | 7 (25.0%) | 1 (5.3%) | |
| Upper secondary school, general program | 2 (6.3%) | 7 (25.0%) | 4 (21.1%) | |
| Higher education (less than 4 years) | 1 (34.4%) | 9 (32.1%) | 6 (31.6%) | |
| Higher education (4 years or more) | 7 (21.9%) | 2 (7.1%) | 8 (42.1%) | |
| Civil status; n (%) | Married | 24 (75.0%) | 20 (71.4%) | 9 (47.4%) |
| Cohabitation | 2 (6.3%) | 3 (10.7%) | 4 (21.1%) | |
| Single | 2 (6.3%) | 4 (14.3%) | 4 (21.1%) | |
| Divorced | 4 (12.5%) | 1 (3.6%) | 2 (10.5%) | |
| Smoking habits; n (%) | No, never ever | 13 (40.6%) | 15 (55.6%) | 11 (57.9%) |
| No, stopped less than 1 year ago | 1 (3.1%) | 1 (3.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| No, stopped more than 1 year ago | 14 (43.8%) | 6 (22.2%) | 5 (26.3%) | |
| Yes, but not daily | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (11.1%) | 2 (10.5%) | |
| Yes, daily | 4 (12.5%) | 2 (7.4%) | 1 (5.3%) | |
| GHC; mean (SD) | 43.3 (17.8) | 36.6 (14.2) | 10.0 (15.0) | |