Table 1.

Demographic features of patients included in the sample (N = 1,713).

Variable	Category	Number of participants (% of sample) N = 1,713	Number of participants (% of general population)	p value
Sex	Male	721 (42.1%)	1,261,204 (47.6%)	< 0.001
	Female	992 (57.9%)	1,388,666 (52.4%)
Age group	< 65 years	1,293 (75.5%)	2,149,186 (81.1%)	< 0.001
	≤65 years	420 (24.5%)	500.720 (18.9%)
Marital status	Married	1,072 (62.6%)	1,575,082 (59.4%)	0.008
	Unmarried	641 (37.4%)	1,074,825 (40.6%)
Socio-economic score of the clinic	Low	707 (41.8%)	1,087,160 (41.8%)	0.711
	Medium	659 (39.0%)	995,797 (38.3%)
	High	325 (19.2%)	519,387 (20.0%)
Sector of the clinic	Arab	319 (18.6%)	539,006 (20.3%)	0.114
	Ultra-Orthodox	43 (2.5%)	76,725 (2.9%)
	General	1,351 (78.9%)	2.034.176 (76.8%)