Table 3.

Distribution of the CASIS-7 according to demographic and patient characteristics (n = 251).

Characteristics	CASIS-7 Scale Score Mean ± SD		Characteristics	CASIS-7 Scale Score Mean ± SD	p-Value
Age group		0.640	Education level
40–50	42.2 ± 17.7		Primary level	38.0 ± 15.9	0.027
51–64	37.3 ± 15.3		Secondary level	39.9 ± 18.4
65+	37.5 ± 17.0		Higher level	31.2 ± 13.1
Gender		0.075	Comorbidities
Male	36.4 ± 16.0		No comorbidity	36.3 ± 13.3	0.682
Female	40.4 ± 17.3		Comorbidities ≥ 1	37.8 ± 16.8
BMI		0.091	Physical Exercise		0.008
BMI < 30 kg/m2	36.1 ± 15.6		Exercise < 120 min/week	39.6 ± 17.3
BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2	39.6 ± 17.3		Exercise ≥ 120 min/week	33.9 ± 14.0
Have a spouse		0.928	CAT score		<0.001
No	37.8 ± 17.7		CAT score < 10	26.4 ± 11.0
Yes	37.6 ± 16.1		CAT score ≥ 10	43.6 ± 15.8
Smoking habits		0.166	GOLD groups		<0.001
Active	38.8 ± 17.5		A	26.4 ± 11.0
Former	35.7 ± 15.2		B	41.9 ± 15.4
Never	42.2 ± 15.9		E	49.3 ± 16.0