Table 1.

Characteristics of patients who consulted with GPs during the study period (France, 2011).

	Total N = 57,279 n, %	Conventional poster group N = 26,765 n, %	Alarmist poster group N = 30,514 n, %
Male gender	21,586, 37.69	9986, 37.31	11,600, 38.02
Agea	46.95, 18.20	46.30, 17.90	47.50, 18.40
Age group
18–25	7538, 13.16	3629, 13.56	3909, 12.81
26–50	26,405, 46.10	12,583, 47.01	13,822, 45.30
51–75	18,606, 32.48	8606, 32.15	10,000, 32.77
76–100	4730, 8.26	1947, 7.27	2783, 9.12
Low socioeconomic status	5515, 9.63	2554, 9.54	2961, 9.70
Presence of a chronic disease	10,894, 19.02	4971, 18.57	5923, 19.41
Farmer insurance system	3249, 5.67	1528, 5.71	1721, 5.64
Residential area
Rural	15,979, 27.90	8377, 31.30	7602, 24.91
Urban	34,652, 60.50	15,323, 57.25	19,329, 63.34
NAb	6648, 11.61	3065, 11.45	3583, 11.74

^aMean, SD.

^bNot available.