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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by age <  65 years and ≥ 65 years

From: Agreement between self-reported morbidity and pharmacy claims data for prescribed medications in an older community based population

 

<  65 years (N = 1095)

≥ 65 years (N = 1830)

Age

56.22 (55.9–56.54)

73.9 (73.67–74.2)

Gender

 Male

417 (38.08)

839 (45.85)

 Female

678 (61.92)

991 (54.15)

Marital Status

 Married

705 (64.38)

991 (54.15)

 Never Married

126 (11.51)

189 (10.33)

 Separated/Divorced

163 (14.89)

63 (3.44)

 Widowed

101 (9.22)

587 (32.08)

Education

 Primary/none

431 (39.36)

941 (51.42)

 Secondary

489 (44.66)

570 (31.15)

 Third/Higher Level

175 (15.98)

317 (17.32)

Poor delayed recall (Yes)

177 (16.16)

560 (30.60)

Depression (Yes)

262 (23.93)

210 (11.48)

Polypharmacy (Yes)

301 (27.49)

733 (40.05)

  1. Data presented as N (%) or mean (CI), unless otherwise stated