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Table 1 Basic characteristics of the participants

From: Prevalence and predictors of complementary and alternative medicine use among people with coronary heart disease or at risk for this in the sixth Tromsø study: a comparative analysis using protection motivation theory

 

CHD (n = 830*)

Family risk (n = 4830*)

No CHD nor Risk (n = 5443*)

p-value

 

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

 

Mean age

68.46

57.07

54.67

< 0.001^

Gender

   

< 0.001*

 Men

65.5 (552)

41.9 (2022)

48.7 (2653)

 

 Women

33.5 (278)

58.1 (2808)

51.3 (2790)

 

Marital status

   

< 0.001*

 Single

8.1 (67)

17.2 (829)

20.8 (1134)

 

 Married

62.9 (522)

60.4 (2917)

58.4 (3179)

 

 Separated/divorced

14.1 (117)

15.1 (728)

14.1 (766)

 

 Widowed

14.9 (124)

7.4 (356)

6.7 (363)

 

Living with a spouse/partner

   

0.002*

 Yes

72.0 (581)

75.1 (3541)

77.1 (4070)

 

 No

28.0 (226)

24.9 (1172)

22.9 (1209)

 

Self-reported health

  

0.000a

 

 Bad

12.2 (100)

4.8 (231)

4.4 (240)

 

 Neither good nor bad

47.1 (385)

27.6 (1324)

25.0 (1352)

 

 Good

40.7 (333)

67.6 (3246)

70.6 (3818)

 

Education

   

< 0.001*

 Low

44.5 (362)

26.5 (1267)

24.1 (1298)

 

 Middle

32.5 (264)

35.2 (1686)

32.1 (1730)

 

 High

23.0 (187)

38.3 (1831)

43.8 (2360)

 

Income

   

< 0.001*

 Low

45.3 (340)

22.7 (1034)

19.2 (980)

 

 Middle

45.8 (344)

50.9 (2315)

50.7 (2586)

 

 High

8.9 (67)

26.4 (1201)

30.1 (1533)

 
  1. *Pearson’s Chi-Square test
  2. ^One-way ANOVA test