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Table 1 Comparison of socio-demographic variables, health-related habits, and chronic diseases between the study groups.

From: Quality of life at the dead sea region: the lower the better? an observational study

Variable

DS (n = 303)

RN (n = 251)

p-value

Age (mean ± SD)

44.7 ± 14.7

53.1 ± 17.5

< 0.001

Gender (% female)

55.6

61.8

0.138

Family status (%)

   

Single

19.5

11.6

0.002

Married

65.2

73.3

 

Divorced

12.5

8

 

Widowed

2.7

6.8

 

Health-related habits (%)

   

Works outdoors

35.9

20.3

< 0.001

Smokes

23.3

23.1

0.949

Consumes alcohol

2.7

1.2

0.198

Chronic co-morbidity (%)

   

Heart disease

5.2

6.8

0.409

Asthma

5.2

4.8

0.839

Other chronic lung disease

4.2

3.6

0.688

Malignancy

7.9

9.2

0.581

Stroke

0.6

2

0.129

Diabetes mellitus

6.4

6.4

0.996

Hypertension

17.6

17.5

0.989

Psychiatric disease

4.2

3.6

0.688

Inflammatory bowel disease

0.6

0.4

0.729

Skin disease

   

Inflammatory

5.5

4.8

0.005

Skin nevi

15.5

6.8

 

Rheumatic disorders

   

Inflammatory

2.1

4

0.15

Non-inflammatory

30.6

24.7

 

Vascular disease

8.2

12.4

0.097

  1. DS = Dead Sea group
  2. RN = Ramat Negev group