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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the KORA FF4 sub-sample

From: Are health risk attitude and general risk attitude associated with healthcare utilization, costs and working ability? Results from the German KORA FF4 cohort study

Characteristics

Total (n = 1823)

Male

864 (47.4)

Age (years)

56.5 ± 9.5

Height (cm)

169.7 ± 9.5

Social class index

15.4 ± 5.0

Physical Activity

 Active (≥ 1 h of sports per week)

1097 (60.2)

 Inactive (<  1 h of sports per week)

726 (39.8)

Alcohol consumption

 Low risk (women ≤12 g, men ≤24 g p.d.)

1267 (69.5)

 Elevated risk (women > 12 g, men > 24 g p.d.)

555 (30.5)

Smoking status

 Current smoker

328 (18.0)

 Former smoker

708 (38.8)

 Never smoker

787 (43.2)

Hypertension a

580 (31.9)

Diabetes mellitus b

121 (6.6)

Angina Pectoris

134 (7.4)

Stroke

28 (1.5)

Cancer

158 (8.7)

Risk attitude

 G-WTTR

4.46 ± 2.21

 H-WTTR

3.14 ± 2.18

Annual costs (€)

 Direct costs

1873 ± 6026

 Indirect costs c

3938 ± 10,031

  1. data are n (%) or mean ± SD
  2. G-WTTR: Willingness to take risk in general; H-WTTR: Willingness to take risk regarding health
  3. an = 1821: two observations with missing value
  4. bn = 1819: four observations with missing value
  5. cn = 1429: indirect costs only for persons with employable age ≤ 65 years