Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants (n = 328)
| Number | Percent | |||
| Sex | Male | 72 | 22.0 | |
| Female | 254 | 77.4 | ||
| Not specified | 2 | 0.6 | ||
| Age (years) | Mean (range) | 48.72 | (21–80) | |
| Schooling | High school or less | 111 | 33.8 | |
| College or more | 209 | 63.7 | ||
| Unknown | 8 | 2.5 | ||
| Marital status | Living with someone else | 165 | 50.3 | |
| Living alone | 161 | 49.1 | ||
| Unknown | 2 | 0.6 | ||
| Number of diagnoses | One | 166 | 50.6 | |
| More than two | 154 | 47.0 | ||
| Unknown | 8 | 2.4 | ||
| Disease duration (years) | Mean (± SD) | 14.18 ± | 13.0 | |
| Diagnoses of participants | Total diagnosesa | (N = 328) | As single diagnosis | (N = 166) |
| Diagnoses | Number | % | Number | % |
| Diabetes | 48 | 15.2 | 19 | 11.4 |
| Type 1 | 20 | 6.1 | 13 | 7.8 |
| Type 2 | 14 | 4.3 | 4 | 2.4 |
| Others | 12 | 3.7 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Unknown | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Rheumatic disease Groupb | 99 | 30.2 | 40 | 24.1 |
| Hypertension | 55 | 17.2 | 4 | 2.4 |
| Dyslipidemia | 27 | 8.4 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Heart diseasec | 12 | 3.7 | 5 | 3.0 |
| Allergiesd | 48 | 15.2 | 4 | 2.4 |
| Others | 179 | 54.6 | 92 | 55.4 |
aIncludes both single and one of several diagnoses
bIncludes rheumatic disease and connective tissue disease
cIncludes vascular and cardiovascular disease
dIncludes asthma, atopic dermatitis, and allergic rhinitis