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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients included in the study (n = 456)
From: Minimally important difference of the Treatment Satisfaction with Medicines Questionnaire (SATMED-Q)
| Age: mean (SD) | 62.07 (13.61) | |||
| Gender, male: n (%) | 229 (50.2%) | |||
| BMI (kg/m2): mean (SD) | 27.77 (4.71) | |||
| Race | ||||
| Caucasian | 443 (97.2%) | |||
| African | 6 (1.3%) | |||
| Other | 7 (1.5%) | |||
| Education | ||||
| No secondary school | 247 (54.2%) | |||
| Completed secondary school | 106 (23.2%) | |||
| Vocational training diploma | 42 (9.2%) | |||
| University graduate | 54 (11.8%) | |||
| Unknown | 7 (1.5%) | |||
| Male | Female | |||
| No. of patients by disease* | < 65 years | ≥ 65 years | < 65 years | ≥ 65 years |
| Diabetes | 17 (3.7%) | 16 (3.5%) | 7 (3.7%) | 21 (4.6%) |
| Hypertension | 21 (4.6%) | 27 (5.9%) | 27 (5.9%) | 27 (5.9%) |
| Osteoarthritis | 17 (3.7%) | 18 (3.9%) | 17 (3.7%) | 18 (3.9%) |
| BPH | 16 (3.5%) | 24 (5.3%) | - - | |
| COPD/asthma | 13 (2.9%) | 16 (3.5%) | 15 (3.5%) | 15 (3.5%) |
| Depression | 15 (3.3%) | 14 (3.1%) | 24 (5.3%) | 17 (3.7%) |
| Migraine | 10 (2.2%) | 5 (1.1%) | 19 (4.2%) | 9 (2.0%) |
| Total | 109 (23.9%) | 120 (26.4%) | 119 (26.2%) | 107 (23.5%) |
