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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the studied sample

From: Most Italians attending a congress on health of elderly people do not know and do not recognize respiratory diseases

 

Females N = 574

Males N = 375

Total N = 949

p

Age

65.3

67.7

66.2

<0.001

 Standard deviation

10.52

9.18

10.08

 Median

66.0

68.0

67.0

 Min - max

22–88

26–89

22–89

 Age < 65 years

242 (42.2 %)

97 (25.9 %)

339 (35.7 %)

<0.001

 Age ≥ 65 years

332 (57.8 %)

278 (74.1 %)

610 (64.3 %)

BMI

26.3

27.6

26.7

<0.001

 Standard deviation

4.27

6.60

5.87

 Median

25.9

26.6

26.3

 Min - max

16.8–43.6

18.6–43.3

16.8–43.6