TABLE 4.

Average scores, 95% confidence interval, and p value of Student t‐tests, according to groups (no. = 422)

Variables	Average Score	95% CI	p
Sex
Male (no. = 210)	39.55	38.37 – 40.73	<.001*
Female (no. = 212)	43.01	41.80 – 44.22
Education
Low/Basic/Medium (no. = 283)	39.83	38.80 – 40.86	<.001*
Higher education (no. = 139)	44.25	42.82 – 45.68
Hypertension diagnosis
Yes (no. = 81)	43.14	41.29 – 44.98	.0385*
No (no. = 341)	40.00	39.88 – 41.81
Diabetes diagnosis
Yes (no. = 44)	43.16	40.70 – 45.62	.1428
No (no. = 378)	41.07	40.16 – 41.98
High cholesterol diagnosis
Yes (no. = 77)	43.35	41.53 – 45.18	.0251*
No (no. = 345)	40.83	39.86 – 41.79
Other cardiovascular diseases diagnosis
Yes (no. = 29)	41.97	39.21 – 44.72	.6727
No (no. = 393)	41.24	40.34 – 42.14

^*Significant statistical difference (p < .05).