Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population
| Total | Age ≥65 years | Age 18–64 years | All patients | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 275 | 374 | 649 | |||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | n (%) | 119 (43.3%) | 149 (39.8%) | 268 (41.3%) | .42 |
| Female | n (%) | 156 (56.7%) | 225 (60.2%) | 381 (58.7%) | |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Indo-trinidadian | n (%) | 119 (43.3%) | 129 (34.5%) | 248 (38.2%) | .121 |
| Afro-trinidadian | n (%) | 105 (38.2%) | 173 (46.3%) | 278 (42.8%) | |
| Mixed | n (%) | 49 (17.8%) | 68 (18.2%) | 117 (18%) | |
| Other | n (%) | 2 (.7%) | 4 (1.1%) | 6 (.9%) | |
| Education | |||||
| None | n (%) | 16 (5.8%) | 8 (2.1%) | 24 (3.7%) | <.001 |
| Primary | n (%) | 130 (47.3%) | 88 (23.5%) | 218 (33.6%) | |
| Secondary | n (%) | 104 (37.8%) | 208 (55.6%) | 312 (48.1%) | |
| Vocational | n (%) | 5 (1.8%) | 15 (4%) | 20 (3.1%) | |
| University | n (%) | 19 (6.9%) | 52 (13.9%) | 71 (10.9%) | |
| Not recorded | n (%) | 1 (.4%) | 3 (.8%) | 4 (.6%) | |
| Medical conditions | |||||
| DM | n (%) | 121 (44%) | 46 (12.3%) | 167 (25.7%) | <.001 |
| HTN | n (%) | 153 (55.6%) | 74 (19.8%) | 227 (35%) | <.001 |
| IHD | n (%) | 54 (19.6%) | 14 (3.7%) | 68 (10.5%) | <.001 |
| Psych | n (%) | 27 (9.8%) | 7 (1.9%) | 34 (5.2%) | <.001 |
| Asthma | n (%) | 18 (6.5%) | 39 (10.4%) | 57 (8.8%) | .055 |
DM diabetes mellitus, HTN hypertension, IHD ischaemic heart disease, Psych psychiatric illness