Table 2 Socio-economic status of the studied groups: patients with MI aged < 50 years (MI < 50), patients with MI aged ≥50 years (MI ≥50) and young people without history of MI/CAD aged < 50 years (no-MI < 50); ns – not significant
MI < 50 n = 240 | MI ≥50 n = 240 | no-MI < 50 n = 240 | p value | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
a | b | c | a vs b | a vs c | |
Education level | |||||
primary | 13 (5.7) | 35 (15.2) | 5 (2.1) | 0.001 | < 0.001 |
vocation | 75 (32.7) | 51 (22.2) | 28 (11.9) | ||
secondary | 90 (39.3) | 102 (44.3) | 104 (44.3) | ||
high | 51 (22.3) | 42 (18.3) | 98 (41.7) | ||
Type of job | |||||
unemployed | 7 (3.2) | 4 (1.8) | 1 (0.4) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
blue collar | 107 (48.4) | 93 (41.3) | 83 (38.1) | ||
white collar | 85 (38.5) | 69 (30.7) | 131 (60.1) | ||
pensioner | 22 (9.9) | 59 (26.2) | 3 (1.4) | ||
Marriage status | |||||
single | 42 (18.5) | 20 (8.6) | 39 (16.7) | < 0.001 | ns |
married | 166 (73.1) | 151 (64.8) | 179 (76.8) | ||
divorced | 9 (4.0) | 9 (3.9) | 12 (5.1) | ||
widowed | 10 (4.4) | 53 (22.7) | 3 (1.3) | ||