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Table 1 Socio-demographic data from 67 patients with stroke, 62 with congestive heart failure (CHF) and 67 caregivers

From: Differential aspects of stroke and congestive heart failure in quality of life reduction: a case series with three comparison groups

Variables

Stroke (a)

CHF (b)

Caregivers (c)

Age (years), mean (SD)

59.3 (13.3)

59.1 (12.3)

54.3 (14.2)

ANOVA P-value (DF)

  

0.052 (194)

P-value*

 

a/b = 0.996 b/c = 0.126

a/c = 0.098

Male sex (%)

44.8

37.1

31.3

P-value**

0.274

  

Years of education, mean (SD)

4.4 (3.4)

5.6 (4.1)

8.7 (4.7)

ANOVA P-value (DF)

  

< 0.001 (189)

P-value*

 

a/b = 0.287 b/c < 0.001

a/c < 0.001

Proportion employed (%)

21.3

24.2

31.3

P-value**

0.406

  
  1. *Post-hoc Scheffè test; **Chi-square test; SD = standard deviation; DF = degrees of freedom.