Table 2.
Characteristics of the study population by age groups. SALURBAL Study (N = 71,541)
| Variables | Age group 1 N = 62,556 |
Age group 2 N = 8985 |
Difference p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age [range] in years | 25–65 | 66–97 | |
| Country contribution to sample | < 0.001 | ||
| % Argentina | 24.3 | 37.2 | |
| % Brazil | 45.6 | 47.1 | |
| % Chile | 3.1 | 5.2 | |
| % Colombia | 23.2 | 7.7 | |
| % Guatemala & El Salvador | 3.8 | 2.8 | |
| Individual-level sociodemographic characteristics | |||
| % Female | 57.7 | 63.0 | < 0.001 |
| % Poor SRH | 28.8 | 50.0 | < 0.001 |
| Educational attainment | |||
| % Less than primary | 16.9 | 44.7 | < 0.001 |
| % Primary Completed | 29.7 | 28.9 | |
| % High-School completed | 37.0 | 16.2 | |
| % University completed or higher level | 16.4 | 10.1 | |
| City-level socioeconomic characteristics | |||
| Mean (SD) Socioeconomic Index, Z-score | −0.09 (0.92) | 0.02 (0.78) | < 0.001 |
| Mean (SD) GDP per-capita | 14,080.12 (8782.2) | 16,405.8 (8987.7) | < 0.001 |
| Median GDP per-capita | 11,225.4 | 16,263.2 | |
| Mean (SD) Population size | 3,601,395 (5139389) | 4,307,837 (5843049) | < 0.001 |
| Median Population size | 1,407,681 | 1,646,057 | |
GDP Gross Domestic Product, SD Standard deviation, SRH Self-rated health.
* P values from Wilcoxon Mann Whitney test for continuous variables and Chi-square test for categorical variables