Table 1.
Description of the samples in the PLATINO study according to gender, age and schooling
| São Paulo | Santiago | Mexico City | Montevideo | Caracas | ||||||
| Variable | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women |
| N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | |
| Age (years) | ||||||||||
| 40–49 | 174(39.5) | 216(38.7) | 161(34.6) | 246(33.1) | 169(39.2) | 251(39.7) | 105(27.6) | 143(25.4) | 181(40.1) | 342(40.6) |
| 50–59 | 149(33.8) | 171(30.7) | 152(32.7) | 228(30.7) | 116(26.9) | 184(29.1) | 103(27.1) | 144(25.6) | 132(29.3) | 246(29.2) |
| ≥ 60 | 118(26.8) | 171(30.7) | 152(32.7) | 269(36.2) | 146(33.9) | 197(31.2) | 172(45.3) | 276(49.0) | 138(30.6) | 255(30.3) |
| Schooling (years) | ||||||||||
| 0–2 | 105(23.8) | 128(23.1) | 19(4.1) | 68(9.2) | 72(16.7) | 132(20.9) | 26(6.8) | 36(6.4) | 37(7.8) | 110(12.5) |
| 3–4 | 121(27.4) | 187(33.7) | 37(8.0) | 82(11.0) | 50(11.6) | 74(11.7) | 55(14.5) | 91(16.3) | 47(9.9) | 114(12.9) |
| 5–8 | 105(23.8) | 121(21.8) | 141(30.3) | 220(29.6) | 142(33.0) | 207(32.8) | 149(39.2) | 218(38.6) | 216(45.6) | 365(41.3) |
| ≥ 9 | 111(25.1) | 119(21.4) | 268(57.6) | 373(50.2) | 167(38.8) | 218(34.6) | 150(39.5) | 216(38.6) | 174(36.7) | 294(33.3) |
| Overall (N) | 442 | 558 | 465 | 743 | 431 | 632 | 380 | 563 | 474 | 883 |