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. 2014 Sep 24;14:995. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-995

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and health-related characteristics of the study’s sample (N = 285)

Sociodemographic characteristics Health-related characteristics
Males N (%) 119 (41.8) Smokers N (%) 81 (28.4)
Mean Age in years (SD) 50.18 (10.1) Mean Pack-years for smokers (SD) 24.82 (21.8)
Married N (%) 188 (66) Mean BMI in Kg/m2 (SD) 26.34 (5.34)
Living alone N (%) 55 (19.3) Diagnosis of Disease N (%) 130 (45.6)
Having children N (%) 209 (73.3) Mean PSS score (SD) 26.35 (7.99)
Tertiary education N (%) 165 (57.9) Mean Internal HLC score (SD) 26.12 (4.96)
Employed N (%) 214 (75.1) Mean External HLC score (SD) 22.23 (6.04)
Working shifts N (%) 64 (22.5) Mean Chance HLC score (SD) 16.75 (6.04)
Caregivers N (%) 22 (7.7) SRRS score N (%)
≤150 164 (57.5)
151-299 80 (28.1)
≥300 41 (14.4)
Mean Sleep Quality (SD) 6.16 (2.13)
Mean Health Assessment (in a scale from 1 to 10) (SD) 7.48 (1.4)

SD: standard deviation, BMI: Body Mass Index, PSS: Perceived Stress Scale, HLC: Health Locus of Control, SRRS: Social Readjustment Rating Scale.