Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the sample (n=404). Qualitative variables are presented as the absolute number and percentage, while quantitative data are exhibited as mean±standard deviation or when otherwise stated, median and interquartile range.
| Characteristics | Results | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency (percentage) | Mean (±SD) | Median (IQR) | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 379 (93.8%) | ||
| Male | 25 (6.2%) | ||
| Declared ethnicity | |||
| Caucasian | 330 (84.6%) | ||
| Afro-Brazilian Amerindian | 52 (13.3%) 8 (2.1%) | ||
| Age (years) | 66.9 (7.9) | ||
| Scholarity (years) | 10.9 (5.6) | ||
| Pfizer score | 3.5 (3.0–4.0) | ||
| Shulman score | 5.0 (4.0–5.0) | ||
SD: standard deviation; IRQ: interquartile range.