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. 2010 Nov 10;8:128. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-8-128

Table 1.

Demographic and baseline characteristics of the 20% subsample that completed the SF-36 and ESS questionnaire, compared with the full study population.

Entire SILC study population
N = 16 078
20% subsample
N = 3214

n (%) n (%)
Region
 Urban 8072 (50.2) 1585 (49.3)
 Rural 8006 (49.8) 1629 (50.7)
Sex
 Female 8390 (52.2) 1678 (52.2)
 Male 7688 (47.8) 1536 (47.8)
Age (years)
 18-29 3680 (22.9) 749 (23.3)
 30-39 3675 (22.9) 736 (22.9)
 40-49 3812 (23.7) 757 (23.6)
 50-59 2468 (15.4) 486 (15.1)
 60-69 1503 (9.3) 309 (9.6)
 70-80 940 (5.8) 177 (5.5)
Smokers 4431 (27.6) 859 (26.7)
Alcohol consumption (any) 3262 (20.3) 684 (21.3)
Body mass index (kg/m2; mean ± SD) 22.6 ± 3.3 22.6 ± 3.4

ESS, Epworth Sleepiness Scale; SD, standard deviation; SF-36, 36-item Short-Form Health Survey; SILC, Systematic Investigation of Gastrointestinal Diseases in China.