Socioeconomic Impact on the Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Wallonia, Belgium: A Population-Based Study

Table 1

Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the study subjects ().

Variable	Category		Frequency (%)	Median (IQR)
Age (years)		1017		45.1 (33.4–56.0)
	20–29		200 (19.9)
	30–49		436 (42.4)
	50–69		381 (37.7)
Gender		1017
	Male		506 (49.9)
	Female		511 (50.1)
Educational level		1005
	Primary and lower secondary		268 (26.8)
	Secondary		274 (27.3)
	Bachelor		263 (26.0)
	University		200 (19.9)
Subjective economic level		1013
	In need		235 (23.2)
	Well off		778 (76.8)
Objective economic level		932
	Below risk of poverty threshold		169 (18.1)
	Above risk of poverty threshold		763 (81.9)