Table 1.

Age-related characteristics of the study sample (answers given by the 234 responders).

	Total	Age		p-Value
	n (%)	< 55 n (%)	≥ 55 n (%)
Gender
Female	112 (48.1)	60 (53.6)	52 (46.4)
Male	121 (51.9)	64 (52.9)	57 (47.1)	n.s. (0.917)
Community size (inhabitants)
< 2000	38 (16.6)	22 (57.9)	16 (42.1)
2000–30,000	137 (59.8)	73 (53.3)	64 (46.7)
> 30,000	54 (23.6)	26 (48.1)	28 (51.9)	n.s. (0.645)
Education level
Low	81 (35.4)	41 (50.6)	40 (49.4)
Middle	66 (28.8)	35 (53.0)	31 (47.0)
High	82 (35.8)	46 (56.1)	36 (43.9)	n.s. (0.781)
Employed
No	108 (46.2)	34 (31.5)	74 (68.5)
Yes	126 (53.8)	91 (72.2)	35 (27.8)	< 0.001
Frequency of medical consultation in the last year
≤ 10 times	96 (41.2)	52 (54.2)	44 (45.8)
> 10 times	137 (58.8)	72 (52.6)	65 (47.4)	n.s. (0.808)
Missed appointments in the past
No	168 (71.8)	80 (47.6)	88 (52.4)
Yes	66 (28.2)	45 (68.2)	21 (31.8)	0.005
Insurance status
Statutory health insurance	194 (82.9)	106 (54.6)	88 (45.4)
Private health insurance	40 (17.1)	19 (47.5)	21 (52.5)	n.s. (0.410)
Medication intake
≤ 5 different medications/day	97 (41.8)	63 (64.9)	34 (35.1)
> 5 different medications/day	135 (58.2)	61 (45.2)	74 (54.8)	0.003
Transplanted organ (multiple answers possible)
Liver	64 (27.4)	33 (51.6)	31 (48.4)
Kidney	174 (74.4)	93 (53.4)	81 (46.6)
Pancreas	32 (13.7)	17 (53.1)	15 (46.9)
Daily measurement of blood pressure
No	112 (48.7)	63 (56.3)	49 (43.8)
Yes	118 (51.3)	58 (49.2)	60 (50.8)	n.s. (0.281)
Daily measurement of personal weight
No	110 (47.8)	63 (57.3)	47 (42.7)
Yes	120 (52.2)	58 (48.3)	62 (51.7)	n.s. (0.175)

Bold values are statistcally significant for p<0.05 values.