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. 2017 May 9;12(5):e0177266. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177266

Table 1. Patients’ characteristics (n = 298).

Patients’ characteristics n (%)/mean±SDa
Total
(n = 298)
Public (n = 145) Private (n = 153)
Age All 53.8±17.1 58.3±15.3 49.5±17.7
17–35 45 (15.1%) 11 (7.6%) 34 (22.2%)
36–50 75 (25.2%) 29 (20%) 46 (30.1%)
51–64 100 (33.6%) 57 (39.3%) 43 (28.1%)
≥65 78 (26.2%) 48 (33.1%) 30 (19.6%)
Occupation Professionals/
Officers/
Technicians
16 (5.4%) 7 (4.8%) 9 (5.9%)
Server/Clericals 62 (20.8%) 28 (19.3%) 34 (22.2%)
Housewife/Unemployed 107 (35.9%) 69 (47.6%) 38 (24.8%)
Retired 49 (16.4%) 31 (21.4%) 18 (11.8%)
Students 13 (4.4%) 3 (2.1%) 10 (6.5%)
Missing 51 (17.1%) 7 (4.8%) 44 (28.8%)
Chronic medical conditions Hypertension 83 (27.9%) 54 (37.2%) 29 (19.0%)
Diabetes 49(16.4%) 33(22.8%) 16(10.5%)
Asthma 4 (1.3%) 3 (2.1%) 1 (0.7%)
Ischemic heart disease 9 (3%) 3 (2.1%) 6 (3.9%)
Thyroid disease 6 (2%) 2 (1.4%) 4 (2.6%)
COPD 1 (0.3%) 1 (0.7%) 0
Gout 1 (0.3%) 1 (0.7%) 0
Number of chronic medical conditions 0 189 (63.4%) 73 (50.3%) 116 (75.8%)
1 48 (16.1%) 32 (22.1%) 16 (10.5%)
≥2 61 (20.5%) 40 (27.6%) 21 (13.7%)

aData were presented as mean±SD for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical variables.