Table 1.
Characteristics of participants (n = 2,724).
| n | % | |
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| Gender, female (n = 2,654) | 1,659 | 62.5% |
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| Insurance status, public (n = 2,587) | 2,494 | 96.4 |
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| Nonsmoker (n = 2,638) | 2,052 | 77.8 |
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| Patients with ≥1 self-reported chronic condition | 1,086 | 39.9 |
| Hypertension | 608 | 56 |
| Chronic pain/arthritis | 257 | 23.7 |
| Heart disease | 242 | 22.3 |
| Diabetes | 221 | 20.3 |
| Asthma/chronic bronchitis | 197 | 18.1 |
| Depression | 143 | 13.2 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 55 | 5.1 |
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| Age, mean ± SD (n = 2,644) | 46.7 ± 16.8 | |
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| Years of formal education, mean ± SD (n = 2,557) | 12.8 ± 4.49 | |
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| Number of tablets used daily, mean ± SD (n = 2,318) | 2.0 ± 2.7 | |
| Patients with ≥1 tablet daily (n = 1,467) | ||
| ASA/aspirin | 314 | 21.4 |
| Oral contraceptive | 165 | 11.2 |
| Anticoagulants | 80 | 5.5 |
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| Participating countries (n = 2,724) | ||
| Austria° | 110 | 4 |
| Finland# | 107 | 3.9 |
| France, 3 sites+# | 325 | 11.9 |
| Germany, 3 sites+°# | 385 | 14.1 |
| Israel+ | 123 | 4.5 |
| Italy, 2 sites#° | 161 | 5.9 |
| Macedonia° | 364 | 13.4 |
| Poland, 2 sites+ | 241 | 8.8 |
| Slovenia° | 119 | 4.4 |
| Spain+ | 86 | 3.2 |
| Sweden+ | 98 | 3.6 |
| Turkey, 5 sites°+ | 605 | 22.2 |
°Mixed (urban/rural); +urban; #rural.