Table 1.
Sociodemographic profile of the Philippine LIFECARE cohort (n=3072)
| Variable | With Brugada type 1 pattern (n=14) |
No Brugada type 1 pattern (n=3058) |
P value |
| Age group, n (col %) | |||
| 20–29 years | 5 (35.7) | 856 (28.0) | 0.072* |
| 30–39 years | 1 (7.1) | 1101 (36.0) | |
| 40–50 years | 8 (57.1) | 1101 (36.0) | |
| Males | 12 (85.7) | 1316 (43.0) | 0.001* |
| Urban place of residence | 8 (57.1) | 1538 (50.3) | 0.544* |
| Married or with a live-in partner | 7 (50.0) | 2363 (77.3) | 0.024† |
| Attained a college degree | 4 (28.6) | 796 (26.0) | 0.879† |
| Employed | 11 (78.6) | 2058 (67.3) | 0.569† |
| Current or previous smoker | 7 (50.0) | 1057 (34.6) | 0.234† |
| Current alcohol drinker | 11 (78.6) | 1801 (58.9) | 0.135* |
*Group comparisons using χ2 test.
†Group comparisons using Fisher’s exact test.