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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population.

From: Psychosocial factors during the first year after a coronary heart disease event in cases and referents. Secondary Prevention in Uppsala Primary Health Care Project (SUPRIM)

 

Women

Men

  
 

Cases

Referents

Cases

Referents

Sex differences

Case-reference differences

 

n

mean or %

n

mean or %

n

mean or %

n

mean or %

p

p

Age, years

82

67.5

149

66.9

264

64.9

461

65.1

0.0003

0.97

Urban dwellers, %

56

68.3

106

71.1

155

58.7

272

59.0

0.0022

0.77

Single, %

29

35.4

64

43.2

33

12.6

94

20.7

<0.0001

0.0041

University education, %

17

20.7

41

27.7

53

20.3

115

25.1

0.56

0.0634

Daily smokers, %

12

14.8

18

12.2

34

13.0

74

16.3

<0.0001

<0.0001

Snuff takers, %

0

0

1

0.7

26

10.0

57

12.5

<0.0001

0.65

Old age pension, %

48

58.5

99

66.9

120

45.5

255

55.7

0.0016

0.0034

Disability pension, %

16

19.5

15

10.1

31

11.7

51

11.1

0.38

0.21

Sick-listed

          

   Among all, %

15

19.2

15

10.1

80

31.5

47

10.3

0.12

<0.0001

   Among eligible, %

11

68.8

9

26.5

68

61.3

39

25.8

0.68

<0.0001

  1. Characteristics of the study population. P-values refer to differences between men and women and between cases and referents in conditional analyses and p < 0.005 were regarded as statistically significant.
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

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