Table 2.
Age, sex, educational level, employment, and co-morbidity by patient group
| Dialysis patients N = 84 |
Cardiac rehabilitation patients N = 97 |
|
|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | |
| Age | ||
| ≤44 | 8 (9%) | 0 (0%) |
| 45–64 | 19 (23%) | 40 (41%) |
| ≥65 | 57 (68%) | 57 (59%) |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 35 (42%) | 28 (29%) |
| Male | 49 (58%) | 69 (71%) |
| Educational level | ||
| Nine-year compulsory school | 37 (45%) | 38 (39%) |
| Upper secondary school | 31 (37%) | 42 (43%) |
| College/ University | 15 (18%) | 17 (18%) |
| Employment | ||
| Employed/self-employed | 10 (12%) | 27 (28%) |
| Sick leave | 6 (7%) | 5 (5%) |
| Retired | 54 (65%) | 58 (60%) |
| Other | 13 (16%) | 7 (7%) |
| Co-morbidity | ||
| No disease | 2 (2%) | 6 (6%) |
| One disease | 20 (24%) | 27 (28%) |
| Two diseases | 18 (21%) | 29 (30%) |
| Three or more diseases | 44 (52%) | 35 (36%) |
Note that not all percentages add to 100 due to rounding to nearest integer