Table 1.
Sociodemographic features of study participants about sex, age, education level, economic difficulties, and occupational status declared during the interviews
| Dedalo participants (%) (n = 155) |
Control (%) (n = 214) |
Total % (n = 369) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||
| Males | 29 (18.7%) | 104 (48.6%) | 133 (36.3%) | < 0.001b |
| Females | 126 (81.3%) | 110 (51.4%) | 236 (64.0%) | |
| Age classes, years | ||||
| < 50 | 27 (17.4%) | 58 (27.1%) | 85 (23.0%) | < 0.001a |
| 50–59 | 48 (31.0%) | 60 (28.0%) | 108 (29.3%) | |
| 60–69 | 63 (40.7%) | 51 (23.8%) | 114 (30.9%) | |
| ≥ 70 | 17 (11.0%) | 45 (21.0%) | 62 (16.8%) | |
| Education level | ||||
| None/ primary or middle school | 23 (14.8%) | 66 (30.8%) | 89 (24.1%) | < 0.001a |
| High school | 82 (52.9%) | 116 (54.2%) | 198 (53.7%) | |
| University degree | 50 (32.3%) | 32 (15.0%) | 82 (22.2%) | |
| Economic difficultiesc | ||||
| Yes | 41 (26.6%) | 84 (39.2%) | 125 (34.0%) | 0.012 b |
| No | 113 (73.4%) | 130 (60.8%) | 243 (66.0%) | |
| Occupational statusd | ||||
| Workers | 56 (48.7%) | 76 (53.9%) | 132 (51.6%) | 0.451 b |
| Retired and other non-workers | 59 (51.3%) | 65 (46.1%) | 124 (48.4%) | |
| Citizenship | ||||
| Italy | 152 (98.7%) | 208 (97.2%) | 360 (97.8%) | 0.477 b |
| Other countries | 2 (1.3%) | 6 (2.8%) | 8 (2.2%) | |
ap-value of Chi-2 test
bp-value of Fisher’s exact test
cFor this variable, 1 missing data
dFor this variable, 113 missing data, 40 and 73 in exposure and unexposure groups, respectively