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. 2007 Jan 19;7:3. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-7-3

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of FPA patients

Gender(1), N (%) FPA patients (N = 253) Non-FPA patients (N = 2219)
 Male 140 (55.3) 1118 (50.4)
 Female 113 (44.7) 1101 (49.6)

Age, mean (SD) 30 (6.0) 45.2 (14.0)

Occupational status(2), N (%)
 Employed 104 (41.1) 439 (19.8)
 Housewife 30 (11.9) 298 (13.4)
 Student 14 (5.5) 33 (1.5)
 Unemployed 90 (35.6) 568 (25.6)
 Other(3) 10 (3.9) 838 (37.8)
 UKN 5 (2.0) 43 (1.9)

Marital status(2), N (%)
 Single 139 (55.0) 940 (42.4)
 Married 58 (22.9) 506 (22.8)
 Widow 1 (0.4) 102 (4.6)
 Divorced 14 (5.5) 257 (11.6)
 UKN 41 (16.2) 414 (18.7)

Life habits, N (%)
 Smokers(1) 138 (54.6) 1283 (57.8)
 Alcohol abusers(1) 37 (14.6) 425 (19.2)
 Drug abusers(2) 18 (7.1) 68 (3.1)

Admission status(1), N (%)
 Voluntary 206 (81.4) 1897 (85.5)
 Involuntary 47 (18.6) 317 (14.3)

 UKN 0 (0.0) 5 (0.2)

(1) P(chi-square test between FPA and non-FPA patients)>0.05

(2) P(chi-square test between FPA and non-FPA patients)<0.005

(3) "Other" occupational status includes retired or unable-to-work patients