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]