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Table 1 Characteristics of participants by education level

From: Associations between education and ideal cardiovascular health metrics across 36 low- and middle-income countries

  

Education level

 

Characteristics

Overall

(n = 81,327)

No education

(n = 12,722)

Primary education

(n = 32,181)

Secondary education

(n = 24,263)

Tertiary education

(n = 12,161)

P valuea

Sex

      

Male

33,594 (41.3)

3811 (30.0)

13,594 (42.2)

10,781 (44.4)

5408 (44.5)

 < 0.001

Female

47,733 (58.7)

8911 (70.0)

18,587 (57.8)

13,482 (55.6)

6753 (55.5)

Age, years

      

18–29

21,043 (25.9)

1959 (15.4)

8204 (25.5)

8035 (33.1)

2845 (23.4)

 < 0.001

30–44

30,259 (37.2)

4344 (34.1)

12,882 (40.0)

8623 (35.5)

4410 (36.3)

45–59

21,911 (26.9)

4094 (32.2)

8536 (26.5)

5819 (24.0)

3462 (28.5)

 ≥ 60

8114 (10.0)

2325 (18.3)

2559 (8.0)

1786 (7.4)

1444 (11.8)

Marital status

      

Never married

14,205 (17.5)

904 (7.1)

4890 (15.2)

5998 (24.7)

2413 (19.8)

 < 0.001

Currently married

53,444 (65.7)

8966 (70.5)

21,829 (67.8)

14,749 (60.8)

7900 (65.0)

Former married

11,343 (14.0)

2653 (20.9)

4371 (13.6)

2729 (11.3)

1590 (13.1)

Missing

2335 (2.8)

199 (1.5)

1091 (3.4)

787 (3.2)

258 (2.1)

Employment status

      

Government employee

9980 (12.3)

120 (1.0)

1885 (5.9)

3591 (14.8)

4384 (36.1)

 < 0.001

Non-government employee

6904 (8.5)

385 (3.0)

2270 (7.1)

2495 (10.3)

1754 (14.4)

Self-employed

26,201 (32.2)

4966 (39.0)

13,949 (43.3)

5690 (23.4)

1596 (13.1)

Non-paid

38,050 (46.8)

7228 (56.8)

14,012 (43.5)

12,403 (51.1)

4407 (36.2)

Missing

192 (0.2)

23 (0.2)

65 (0.2)

84 (0.4)

20 (0.2)

Alcohol consumption

      

No

46,497 (57.2)

8821 (69.3)

18,916 (58.8)

13,663 (56.3)

5097 (41.9)

 < 0.001

Yes

34,822 (42.8)

3900 (30.7)

13,262 (41.2)

10,599 (43.7)

7061 (58.1)

Missing

8 (< 0.1)

1 (< 0.1)

3 (< 0.1)

1 (< 0.1)

3 (< 0.1)

 
  1. aDifferences among groups were compared with chi-squared tests