Research Article
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 (
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| 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) | |
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