How does gender influence the recognition of cardiovascular risk and adherence to self-care recommendations?: a study in polish primary care

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the study participants

Variable		All	Males	Females	Comparison between males and females
		N= 134	N= 61	N= 73	p
Marital status	Single	2.2	1.6	2.7	ns^a
Marital status	Married/Partnership	73.1	73.8	72.6
[%]	Widow(-er)	10.5	8.2	12.3
[%]	Separated	14.2	16.4	12.3
Education	Primary	2.2	1.6	2.7	ns^a
[%]	Vocational	23.1	19.6	26.0
	Secondary	50.8	47.5	53.4
	University	23.9	31.2	17.8
Age [Mean (SD)]		56.67 (9.29)	55.02 (9.02)	54.42 (9.53)	ns^b
Risk of CVD (SCORE)	Low	54.2	28.9	72.6
Risk of CVD (SCORE)	Moderate	22.4	35.6	12.9	.001^a
[%]	High	23.4	35.6	14.5

Note: a – chi-squared test; b – Student’s t-test; ns – statistically non-significant.

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