Table 1 Personal characteristics of participants with sporadic, familial and unclassified PCT, compared to matched controls and the total population for the main observed covariates (18–67 years of age, years 1992–2016)
Characteristics | Sporadic PCT (n = 228) | Matched cohort (n = 9120) | Familial PCT (n = 240) | Matched cohort (n = 9600) | Unclassified PCT (n = 66) | Matched cohort (n = 2640) | Population (n = 4,951,586) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n/ mean | %/ (SD) | n/ mean | %/ (SD) | n/ mean | %/ (SD) | n/ mean | %/ (SD) | n/ mean | %/ (SD) | n/ mean | %/ (SD) | n/ mean | %/ (SD) | |
Mean follow-up time (years) | 18.4 | 6.3 | 20.1 | 6.2 | 16.4 | 6.8 | ||||||||
Sex—male | 114 | 50.0 | 114 | 50.0 | 116 | 48.3 | 4640 | 48.3 | 45 | 68.2 | 1800 | 68.2 | 2,557,200 | 51.6 |
Age at study start—years | 42.6 | (9.91) | 42.6 | (9.91) | 38.4 | (13.1) | 38.4 | (13.1) | 45.8 | (11.5) | 45.8 | (11.5) | 29.2 | (13.6) |
Highest level of education attained | ||||||||||||||
Unspecified | 3 | 1.3 | 120 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.8 | 80 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 631,263 | 12.8 |
Primary/middle education (1–10 yrs) | 76 | 33.3 | 3040 | 33.3 | 46 | 19.2 | 1840 | 19.2 | 23 | 34.9 | 920 | 34.9 | 1,049,128 | 21.2 |
Intermediate education (11–13 years) | 114 | 50.0 | 4560 | 50.0 | 118 | 49.2 | 4720 | 49.2 | 30 | 44.5 | 1200 | 44.5 | 1,827,258 | 36.9 |
Tertiary education (14+ years) | 35 | 15.4 | 1400 | 15.4 | 74 | 30.8 | 2960 | 30.8 | 13 | 19.7 | 520 | 19.7 | 1,443,937 | 29.2 |