Table 5.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Adult Patients (aged 17-75 y, n = 1074)

Item	Subgroup	Patients		German Population
		N	%	%	Reference no.
Education63	Low (Grade 1)	184	17.1	43	68,69
	Intermediate (Grade 2)	530	49.3	43
	High (Grade 3)	360	33.5	14
Wage earners		39/1074	3.6	18	68
Unemployed during the past 12 mo	Economically active patients	37/618	6.0	10	68
Living alone		208/1069	19.5	21	68
Net family income <€900 per mo		160/871	18.4	16	68
Alcohol use daily (patients) vs almost daily (German population)	Male	12/198	6.1	28	70
	Female	19/875	2.2	11
Regular smoking	Male	26/199	13.1	37	71
	Female	92/873	10.5	28
Sports activity ≥1 hour weekly	Age 25-69 y	484/887	54.6	39	72
Body mass index <18.5 (low weight)	Male	7/196	3.6	1	68
	Female	61/863	7.1	4
Body mass index ≥25 (overweight)	Male	64/196	32.7	56	68
	Female	219/863	25.4	39
Permanent work disability pension		204/1072	19.0	3	73
Severe disability status		116/1072	10.8	12	74
Sick leave days in the last 12 months: mean ± standard deviation	Economically active patients	32.6 ± 67.3		17.0	75

Table reproduced from Hamre et al.²⁶