Table 1.
Descriptive results of the demographic features, lifestyle and some current illnesses of the study population
| Roma | Non-Roma | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median age (years) – interquartile range | 49.3 (38.4–58.7) | 59.0 (48.0–67.9) | p < 0.001 | |
| Education | Primary | 77.2% (660) | 29.4% (1569) | p < 0.001 |
| Secondary | 21.4% (183) | 53.9% (2874) | ||
| Tertiary | 1.4% (12) | 16.7% (889) | ||
| Exercise | > 3 h/ week | 7.5% (64) | 8.8% (468) | p < 0.001 |
| < 3 h/ week | 92.5% (788) | 91% (4849) | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | Above 25 | 72.4% (609) | 71.7% (3512) | p = 0.709 |
| Belove 25 | 27.6% (232) | 28.3% (1386) | ||
| Median BMI (kg/m2) – interquartile range | 28.0 (25.6–31.9) | 28.8 (24.5–33.0) | p < 0.001 | |
| Smoking | Every day | 60.3% (516) | 28.7% (1531) | p < 0.001 |
| Not every day | 39.7% (340) | 71.3% (3811) | ||
| Hypertension | Yes | 49.8% (412) | 54.9% (2824) | p < 0.001 |
| No | 50.2% (416) | 45.1% (2316) | ||
| Diabetes (Type2) | Yes | 11.5% (95) | 12.2% (619) | p < 0.001 |
| No | 88.5% (732) | 87.8% (4454) | ||
The sample numbers are in the brackets