Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the HNHC population (n = 12 602).
| Patient characteristics | ||
|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Missing, n (%) | |
| Demographic characteristics | ||
| Sex | 0 | |
| Male | 4495 (35.67) | |
| Female | 8107 (64.33) | |
| Age, mean (SD)a | 67.55 (14.80) | 0 |
| Household position | 0 | |
| Child living at home | 141 (1.12) | |
| Single adult | 3773 (29.94) | |
| Partner with children at home | 1515 (12.02) | |
| Partner without children at home | 6245 (49.56) | |
| Single parent | 403 (3.20) | |
| Member of collective household | 371 (2.94) | |
| Other | 154 (1.22) | |
| Age of children living at parental home | 0 | |
| ≤12 | 388 (3.08) | |
| >12 | 1752 (13.90) | |
| No children living at home | 10 462 (83.02) | |
| Biomedical characteristics | ||
| Type of chronic condition(s) | 0 | |
| Only physical | 10 060 (79.83) | |
| Only mental | 436 (3.46) | |
| Combination of both | 2106 (16.71) | |
| Number of chronic conditions, mean (SD) | 2.23 (0.93) | 0 |
| Prevalence of 28 chronic conditions | 0 | |
| Chronic alcohol abuse | 163 (1.29) | |
| Endocardial conditions, valvular conditions | 298 (2.36) | |
| Congenital cardiovascular anomaly | 25 (0.20) | |
| HIV/AIDS | 9 (0.07) | |
| Anxiety disorders | 649 (5.15) | |
| Asthma | 2142 (17.00) | |
| Stroke (including TIA) | 986 (7.82) | |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | 2218 (17.60) | |
| Chronic back or neck disorder | 2033 (16.13) | |
| Coronary heart diseases | 1725 (13.69) | |
| Dementia including Alzheimer’s | 172 (1.36) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 4925 (39.08) | |
| Epilepsy | 181 (1.44) | |
| Hearing disorders | 679 (5.39) | |
| Visual disorders | 1694 (13.44) | |
| Heart failure | 659 (5.23) | |
| Heart arrhythmia | 1446 (11.47) | |
| Cancer | 2032 (16.12) | |
| Migraine | 395 (3.13) | |
| Osteoporosis | 737 (5.85) | |
| Burnout | 452 (3.59) | |
| Osteoarthritis | 2360 (18.73) | |
| Personality disorders | 120 (0.95) | |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 433 (3.44) | |
| Schizophrenia | 53 (0.42) | |
| Mood disorders | 1380 (10.95) | |
| Mental retardation | 48 (0.38) | |
| Parkinson’s disease | 136 (1.08) | |
| Socioeconomic characteristics | ||
| Housing situation | 12 (0.10) | |
| Owner-occupied | 6777 (53.78) | |
| Rentedb | 5813 (46.13) | |
| Source of income | 0 | |
| Paid workc | 1974 (15.66) | |
| Social welfare or unemployment benefits | 1838 (14.58) | |
| Pension benefits | 8156 (64.72) | |
| Without incomed | 634 (5.03) | |
| Number of people in a household with an individual income | 26 (0.21) | |
| 1 | 4594 (36.45) | |
| >1 | 7982 (63.34) | |
| Household dependence on social security payments, mean (SD) | 11.63 (25.44) | 346 (2.75) |
| Paid interest over debts, mean (SD) | 48.89 (782.63) | 20 (0.16) |
| Care utilization | ||
| Pharmaceutical costs | 16 (0.13) | |
| ≤€500 | 4773 (37.87) | |
| >€500 and ≤€1500 | 5122 (40.64) | |
| >€1500 | 2691 (21.35) | |
| GP care utilization before baseline, mean (SD) | 29.97 (18.50) | 0 |
a For continuous variables, mean (SD) is reported.
b Includes members of collective households.
c Includes employees, entrepreneurs, and managers.
d Includes students with and without individual income.