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Table 1 Demographic, behavioural and health self-assessment characteristics of 937 patients aged from 18-45 years with low/medium cardiovascular risk

From: Do family physicians advise younger people on cardiovascular disease prevention? A cross-sectional study from Slovenia

Demographic characteristics

No. (%) of patients

Gender

 

Men

384 (41.0)

Women

528 (56.4)

Missing

25 (2.7)

Age

 

18-30

266 (28.4)

31-40

388 (41.4)

41-45

261 (27.9)

Missing

22 (2.3)

Education

 

Primary school or less

134 (14.3)

Secondary school

453 (48.3)

University

313 (33.4)

Missing

37 (3.9)

Employment status

 

Unemployed

116 (12.4)

Employed

788 (84.1)

Missing

33 (3.5)

Marital status

 

Married, cohabiting

649 (69.3)

Single, divorced, widowed

264 (28.2)

Missing

24 (2.6)

Self assessment of health

 

Poor

37 (3.9)

Fair

139 (14.8)

Good

386 (41.2)

Very good

276 (29.5)

Excellent

71 (7.6)

Missing

28 (3.0)

Practice attendance (years)

 

≤ 2

112 (12.0)

3-7

226 (24.1)

8-12

169 (18.0)

>13

401 (42.8)

Missing

29 (3.1)

Visit frequency/year (n=918)

 

0-1

212 (22.6)

2-3

384 (41.0)

4-5

177 (18.9)

6-7

68 (7.3)

≥ 8

77 (8.2)

Missing

19 (2.0)