Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants according to the PCS and MCS
Characteristics | Total | Physical component summary (PCS) | Mental component summary (MCS) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 < 50 | 50–74 |  > 75 |  < 50 | 50–74 |  ≥ 75 | ||
n (%) | 246 | 99 (40.2) | 89 (36.2) | 58 (23.6) | 72 (29.3) | 90 (36.6) | 84 (34.2) |
Age, mean (SD) | 56.7 (10.9) | 59.4 (10.3) | 54.2 (10.4) | 55.9 (11.7) | 57.2 (10.8) | 57.1 (11.9) | 55.9 (9.8) |
Sex, n (%) | |||||||
Male | 197 | 74 (37.6) | 73 (37.1) | 50 (25.4) | 49 (24.9) | 71 (36) | 77 (39.1) |
Female | 49 | 25 (51) | 16 (32.7) | 8 (16.3) | 23 (46.9) | 19 (38.8) | 7 (14.3) |
Education level, n (%) | |||||||
≥ University | 62 | 15 (24.2) | 28 (45.2) | 19 (30.7) | 20 (32.3) | 20 (32.3) | 22 (35.4) |
Secondary school | 63 | 21 (33.3) | 22 (34.9) | 20 (31.8) | 18 (28.6) | 23 (36.5) | 22 (34.9) |
< Secondary school | 121 | 63 (52.1) | 39 (32.2) | 19 (15.7) | 34 (28.1) | 47 (38.8) | 40 (33.1) |