Table 1.
Sample characteristics (n = 14,348).
| Socio-demographics | N | % (%w) |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||
| Female | 8,057 | 56.2 (51.1) |
| Male | 6,291 | 43.8 (48.9) |
| Age in years | ||
| 15–30 | 2,221 | 15.5 (24.0) |
| 31–40 | 2,589 | 18.0 (17.5) |
| 41–50 | 2,714 | 18.9 (19.5) |
| 51–60 | 2,354 | 16.4 (15.1) |
| 61–70 | 2,382 | 16.6 (12.5) |
| 71+ | 2,088 | 14.6 (11.3) |
| Educational level | ||
| Mandatory school | 1,725 | 12.0 (11.7) |
| Secondary level | 8,660 | 60.4 (61.7) |
| University | 3,963 | 27.6 (26.7) |
| Occupation | ||
| Workpeople | 3,428 | 23.9 (25.4) |
| Small business owners/ independent craftspeople | 1,164 | 8.1 (7.6) |
| Office employee/other non-manual professions | 3,497 | 24.4 (22.9) |
| Middle/higher senior management | 5,628 | 39.2 (38.3) |
| Unknown | 631 | 4.4 (5.8) |
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Median (25th–75th percentile) |
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| Equivalized household income in CHFa | 3,700 (2,500–5,333) | |
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n (%w) |
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| Physical diseases | With depressive symptoms n = 740 | Without depressive symptoms n = 13,608 |
| Any physical disease | 270 (35.8) | 4, 127 (30.4) |
| Migraine | 46 (6.1) | 315 (2.3) |
| Asthma | 28 (3.7) | 354 (2.6) |
| Diabetes | 23 (3.1) | 398 (2.9) |
| Arthrosis, arthritis | 82 (10.9) | 1, 104 (8.1) |
| Stomach ulcer, duodenal ulcer | 16 (2.1) | 124 (0.9) |
| Osteoporosis | 30 (4.0) | 327 (2.4) |
| COPD, emphysema | 23 (3.1) | 249 (1.8) |
| High blood pressure | 80 (10.6) | 1, 841 (13.5) |
| Myocardial infarction | 8 (1.1) | 173 (1.3) |
| Apoplexy | 4 (0.5) | 73 (0.5) |
| Renal disease, renal calculi | 17 (2.3) | 125 (0.9) |
| Cancer, blastoma | 28 (3.7) | 216 (1.6) |
| Allergies, hay fever | 67 (8.9) | 806 (5.9) |
n, unweighted number of subjects; %w, weighted percentage; CHF, Swiss Franc, COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
aGradient between low and high income.