Table 1.
Characteristics of the sample
| |
Patients |
Controls |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Sample |
Men |
Women |
Sample |
Men |
Women |
| N, %, mean | N, %, mean | N, %, mean | N, %, mean | N, %, mean | N,%, mean | |
|
N |
1268 |
200 (16%) |
1068 (84%) |
70 |
16 (23%) |
54 (77%) |
| Age (mean) |
63.8 (12.4) |
66.1 |
63.3 |
60.4 (11.7) |
63.1 |
59.6 |
| Living alone |
28% |
11%* |
31%* |
24% |
31% |
25% |
|
Respondents < 60 |
422 (33%) |
58 (29%) |
364 (34%) |
31(44%) |
5 (31%) |
26 (48%) |
| Proportion <60 working |
55.0% |
58.6% |
54.4% |
74.2%** |
60.0% |
76.9% |
| Proportion <60 on full/partial invalidity |
45.3% |
45.6% |
47.8% |
- |
- |
- |
|
Respondents education |
1163 (92%) |
|
|
64 (92%) |
|
|
| Basic |
29.8% |
|
|
34.4% |
|
|
| Professional diploma |
18.5% |
|
|
17.2% |
|
|
| High school |
23.7% |
|
|
21.9% |
|
|
| University |
28.0% |
|
|
26.6% |
|
|
|
Respondents household income |
1183 (93%) |
|
|
64 (92%) |
|
|
| <760€ |
6.1% |
|
|
9.4% |
|
|
| 760-1800€ |
39.6% |
|
|
43.8% |
|
|
| 1800-3000€3 |
34.1% |
|
|
20.3% |
|
|
| >3000€ |
20.2% |
|
|
26.6% |
|
|
|
Respondents sexuality |
1134 (89%) |
192 (96%) |
942* (88%) |
70 (100%) |
16 (100%) |
54 (100%) |
| Sexually active |
63% |
76% |
60%* |
69% |
63% |
71% |
| <55 years |
85% |
91% |
85% |
86% |
75% |
89% |
| 55-65 years |
66% |
91% |
62%* |
76%** |
75% |
76% |
| >65 years | 36% | 57% | 32%* | 54%** | 50% | 56% |
* p < 0.01 (gender) ** p < 0.01 (controls versus patients).