Table 1.

Characteristics

	ACP conversation group (N=125)		Controls (N=125)
					p-value
	(M*)	(SD*)	(M*)	(SD*)
Age in yearsa	72,7	10,8	73,5	12,9	0.59
Genderb					0.3
male	78	62,4 %	70	56,0 %
female	47	37,6 %	55	44,0 %

*M = Mean, SD = Standard deviation

^aIndependent two-sided t-test for differences in age between the groups (t (248) = 0.52)

^bPearson chi square test for differences in gender between the groups (X²(1, n = 250) = 1.06)