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Table 1 Patient demographics and baseline characteristics

From: Quality of life and treatment satisfaction with pharmacological interventions in Chinese adults with chronic pain due to osteoarthritis

Characteristics

N = 601

Age, mean (SD)

61.77 (9.53)

Body mass index, mean (SD)

24.66 (3.16)

Gender, n (%)

 Male

149 (24.79)

 Female

452 (75.21)

Nationalities, n (%)

 Han

587 (97.67)

 Others

14 (2.33)

Working status, n (%)

 Unemployed

37 (6.17)

 Part-time

7 (1.17)

 Full-time

144 (24)

 Retired

412 (68.67)

Educational status, n (%)

 Below senior high school

293 (48.75)

 Senior high school

137 (22.8)

 Junior college

88 (14.64)

 Undergraduate

76 (12.65)

 Postgraduate or above

7 (1.16)

Insurance types, n (%)

 Urban resident basic medical insurance

177 (29.45)

 Urban employee basic medical insurance

242 (40.27)

 New rural cooperative medical system

158 (26.29)

 Commercial health insurance

5 (0.83)

 Uninsured

19 (3.16)

Comorbidity, n (%)

 Any comorbidities

331 (55.07)

 Hypertension

239 (39.77)

 Coronary heart disease

75 (12.48)

 Myocardial infarction

2 (0.33)

 Stroke

12 (2)

 Cerebral hemorrhage

1 (0.17)

 Gastritis

86 (14.31)

 Nephropathy

15 (2.5)

 Diabetes

92 (15.31)

 Stomach or duodenal ulcers

20 (3.33)

  1. n number of subjects, SD standard deviation