Table 1 Socio-demographic statistics for complete sample and divided across V disease stages
Complete sample (N = 86) | Stage I (n = 12) | Stage II (n = 23) | Stage III (n = 19) | Stage IV (n = 15) | Stage V (n = 17) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Categories | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Sign |
Agea | 58 (15) | 49 (20) | 54 (21) | 58 (11) | 58 (8) | 59 (16) | 0.104 | |
Education (years/)b | 12 (5) | 13 (5) | 12 (7) | 11 (2) | 12 (6) | 11 (6) | 0.168 | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | P-value (2sided) | ||
Gender | Female | 39 (45) | 5 (42) | 9 (39) | 7 (37) | 8 (53) | 10 (59) | 0.625 |
Male | 47 (55) | 7 (58) | 14 (61) | 12 (63) | 7 (47) | 7 (41) | ||
Education | Lower | 52 (60.5) | 5 (42) | 12 (52) | 15 (79) | 9 (60) | 11 (65) | 0.424 |
Higher | 34 (39.5) | 7 (58) | 11 (48) | 4 (21) | 6 (40) | 6 (35) | ||
Sivil status | Single | 36 (42) | 4 (33) | 7 (30) | 9 (47) | 8 (53) | 8 (47) | 0.587 |
Married | 50 (58) | 8 (67) | 16 (70) | 10 (53) | 7 (47) | 9 (53) | ||
Occupationc | Manual | 41 (48) | 5 (42) | 10 (43.5) | 12 (63) | 6 (40) | 8 (47) | 0.666 |
Non-manual | 42 (49) | 7 (58) | 13 (56.5) | 7 (37) | 8 (53) | 7 (41) | ||
Occupational status | Employed | 14 (16) | 11 (92) | 3 (13) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.001 |
Unemployed | 72 (84) | 1 (8) | 20 (87) | 19 (100) | 15 (100) | 17 (100) | ||
Informant | Patient | 27 (31) | 9 (75) | 14 (61) | 4 (21) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.001 |
Patient & informant/informant only | 59 (69) | 3 (25) | 9 (39) | 15 (79) | 15 (100) | 17 (100) | ||
Housing situation | Living at home | 54 (63) | 12 (100) | 23 (100) | 13 (68) | 6 (40) | 0 (0) | 0.001 |
Not living at home | 32 (37) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (32) | 9 (60) | 17 (100) | ||
Residence | Rural | 13 (15) | 1 (8) | 4 (17) | 2 (10.5) | 3 (20) | 3 (18) | 0.878 |
Urban | 73 (85) | 11 (92) | 19 (83) | 17 (89.5) | 12 (80) | 14 (82) |