Table 1 Demographical and clinical data
Variables | Female | p-value | Male | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients | Population | Patients | Population | |||
n = 174 | n = 458 | n = 78 | n = 224 | |||
Body mass index, mean (SD) | 28.1 (4.5) | 26.9 (4.7) | 0.0046 | 28.0 (3.8) | 26.8 (3.8) | 0.021 |
Co-morbidities, n (%) | ||||||
Cardiological | 100 (59) | 197 (43) | <0.001 | 37 (48) | 81 (36) | 0.065 |
Respiratory | 24 (14) | 51 (11) | 0.29 | 4 (5) | 15 (7) | 0.64 |
Neurological | 7 (4) | 26 (6) | 0.45 | 2 (3) | 10 (4) | 0.47 |
Rheumatoid | 21 (12) | 29 (6) | 0.012 | 2 (3) | 3 (1) | 0.46 |
Diabetes | 15 (9) | 60 (13) | 0.15 | 14 (18) | 27 (12) | 0.18 |
Psychiatric | 7 (4) | 18 (4) | 0.90 | 2 (3) | 7 (3) | 0.82 |
Musculosceletal | 10 (6) | 48 (10) | 0.080 | 1 (1) | 7 (3) | 0.39 |
Education, years, mean (SD) | 11.3 (3.5) | 11.6 (4.2) | 0.33 | 11.5 (3.4) | 11.7 (3.7) | 0.78 |
Tobacco use, n (%) | 17 (10) | 46 (10) | 0.99 | 13 (17) | 42 (19) | 0.72 |
Employment situation, n (%) | 0.71 | 0.38 | ||||
Employed | 50 (29) | 140 (31) | 37 (47) | 98 (44) | ||
Unemployd | 4 (2) | 15 (3) | 2 (3) | 15 (7) | ||
Retired | 120 (69) | 303 (66) | 39 (50) | 111 (49) | ||
Leisure time physical activity hours per week, mean (SD) | 3.3 (3.7) | 4.4 (3.9) | 0.0019 | 4.7 (4.2) | 4.6 (6.2) | 0.95 |