Table 1 Distribution of the a) normal subjects and b) patients according to age, gender and educational level, expressed as a % of total within each education/gender group.
a) Normal subjects | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | ||||||||
Primary (n = 132) | Education Middle (n = 97) | High (n = 121) | Total (n = 350) | |||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
16–30 (n = 84) | 21.3 | 21.2 | 26.5 | 22.9 | 25.4 | 27.4 | 24.5 | 23.6 |
31–45 (n = 92) | 29.8 | 17.6 | 30.6 | 29.2 | 28.8 | 27.4 | 29.7 | 23.6 |
46–60 (n = 91) | 25.5 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 29.2 | 25.4 | 32.3 | 24.5 | 27.2 |
61+ (n = 83) | 23.4 | 38.8 | 20.4 | 18.8 | 20.3 | 12.9 | 21.3 | 25.6 |
n | 47 | 85 | 49 | 48 | 59 | 62 | 155 | 195 |
b) Patients | ||||||||
Age | ||||||||
Illiterate & Primary (n = 94) | Education Middle (n = 43) | High (n = 21) | Total (n = 158) | |||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
16–30 (n = 11) | 2.1 | 0.0 | 21.9 | 9.1 | 5.9 | 25.0 | 9.3 | 3.3 |
31–45 (n = 16) | 2.1 | 6.5 | 12.5 | 27.3 | 23.5 | 25.0 | 9.3 | 11.5 |
46–60 (n = 42) | 27.1 | 26.1 | 25.0 | 27.3 | 29.4 | 25.0 | 26.8 | 26.2 |
61+ (n = 89) | 68.8 | 67.4 | 40.6 | 36.4 | 41.2 | 25.0 | 54.6 | 59.0 |
n | 48 | 46 | 32 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 97 | 61 |