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Table 1 General characteristics of participants (N, %)

From: Quality of life correlation with socioeconomic status in Korean hepatitis-B patients: a cross sectional study

 

Hepatitis B patients

General population

Total

p-value

Occupation

      

 Managers and professionals

781

(11.0)

3901

(11.0)

4,682

0.6203

 Clerks

590

(8.3)

2,955

(8.3)

3,545

 

 Service and sales workers

1,024

(14.4)

5,254

(14.8)

6,278

 

 Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

591

(8.3)

3,060

(8.6)

3,651

 

 Trade workers and elementary occupations

1,744

(24.6)

8,385

(23.6)

10,129

 

 Not working

2,368

(33.4)

11,935

(33.6)

14,303

 

Marital status

      

 Single

830

(11.7)

3,956

(11.1)

4,786

0.3920

 Seperated/Divorced/Bereavement

982

(13.8)

4,890

(13.8)

5,872

 

 Married

5,286

(74.5)

26,644

(75.1)

31,930

 

Sex

      

 Male

3,947

(55.6)

19,778

(55.7)

23,725

0.8512

 Female

3,151

(44.4)

15,712

(44.3)

18,863

 

Smoking status

      

 Smoker

1,798

(25.3)

8,846

(24.9)

10,644

0.7434

 Ex-smoker

1,529

(21.5)

7,736

(21.8)

9,265

 

 Non-smoker

3,771

(53.1)

18,908

(53.3)

22,679

 

Alcohol consumption

      

 Yes

4,844

(68.2)

24,407

(68.8)

29,251

0.3822

 No

2,254

(31.8)

11,083

(31.2)

13,337

 

Stress

      

 Yes

2,216

(31.2)

11,075

(31.2)

13,291

0.9813

 No

4,882

(68.8)

24,415

(68.8)

29,297

 

Chronic disease

      

 0

4,357

(61.4)

22,590

(63.7)

26,947

 

 1

1,791

(25.2)

8,590

(24.2)

10,381

 

 ≥2

950

(13.4)

4,310

(12.1)

5,260

 

Education

      

 Elementary school

1,425

(20.1)

7,043

(19.8)

8,468

0.6587

 Middle school

1,049

(14.8)

5,411

(15.2)

6,460

 

 High school graduate

2,666

(37.6)

13,416

(37.8)

16,082

 

 College graduate

1,958

(27.6)

9,620

(27.1)

11,578

 

Family income

      

 Q1

1,697

(23.9)

8,418

(23.7)

10,115

0.9870

 Q2

2,152

(30.3)

10,813

(30.5)

12,965

 

 Q3

1,953

(27.5)

9,765

(27.5)

11,718

 

 Q4

1,296

(18.3)

6,494

(18.3)

7,790

 

Age

      

 20-29

542

(7.6)

2,645

(7.5)

3,187

0.9257

 30-39

1,127

(15.9)

5,575

(15.7)

6,702

 

 40-49

1,647

(23.2)

8,177

(23.0)

9,824

 

 50-59

1,834

(25.8)

9,191

(25.9)

11,025

 

 60≤

1,948

(27.4)

9,902

(27.9)

11,850

 

Year

      

 2011

3,578

(50.4)

17,917

(50.5)

21,495

0.9068

 2012

3,520

(49.6)

17,573

(49.5)

21,093

 

Total

7,098

(16.7)

35,490

(83.3)

42,588

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