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. 2017 Dec 15;17:956. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4967-3

Table 3.

Individual characteristics and deprivation indices according to the degree of urbanicity

All Rural and quasi-rural Quasi- urban Urban Paris and suburbs Overall p-value (crude)
N 63,888 14,781 21,531 21,080 6496
Age ≥ 65 years old 42.1 37.4 40.2 46.4 45.6 <0.0001
Ever smokers 46.9 45.3 45.5 46.8 55.5 <0.0001
Overweight 30.0 32.9 29.6 29.0 28.1 <0.0001
Individual SEP
Higher educational levela 18.3 9.8 17.6 19.0 38.1 <0.0001
Area-level SEP, mean ± SD
 FDep −0.34 ± 1.0 0.08 ± 0.6 −0.6 ± 0.9 −0.1 ± 0.9 −1.5 ± 1.2 <0.0001
 FEDI −0.26 ± 3.4 −1.2 ± 2.4 −1.3 ± 3.3 1.0 ± 3.4 1.1 ± 4.2 <0.0001
 Townsend 1.18 ± 3.1 −0.88 ± 1.7 0.2 ± 2.4 2.4 ± 2.6 5.3 ± 3.2 <0.0001

Data are presented as %, unless otherwise stated

Degree of urbanicity is a geographic measure of population density, defined at commune-level by INSEE (French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies): rural and quasi-rural (<10,000 inhabitants), quasi-urban (from 10,000 to 99,999), urban (from 100,000 to 1,999,999) and Paris and suburbs (Paris Urban Unit)

SEP Socioeconomic position, FDep French Deprivation index, FEDI French European Deprivation Index. The Deprivation index variables are presented in continuous

Overweight corresponds to a Body Mass Index ≥25 kg/m2

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