Health related quality of life in patients with chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer and factors with impact: a longitudinal study

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample

Characteristics	Chronic gastritis (N = 124)		Peptic ulcer (N = 120)		Total (N = 244)
Characteristics	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Male	60	48.4	82	68.3	142	58.2
Female	64	51.6	38	31.7	102	41.8
Marital status
Married	103	83.1	105	87.5	208	85.2
Other	21	16.9	15	12.5	36	14.8
Age
<30	28	22.6	18	15	46	18.9
30-39	32	25.8	19	15.8	51	20.9
40-49	17	13.7	27	22.5	44	18.0
50-59	23	18.5	32	26.7	55	22.5
≥60	24	19.4	24	20.0	48	19.7
$\bar{X} \pm S$	43.7 ± 15.6		46.7 ± 15.2
Ethnicity
Han	108	87.1	104	86.7	212	86.9
Other	16	12.9	16	13.3	32	13.1
Education
Primary school	24	19.4	21	17.5	45	18.4
High school	57	46.0	62	51.7	119	48.8
College/higher	43	34.7	37	30.8	80	32.8
Occupation
Worker	36	29.0	46	38.3	82	33.6
Farmer	14	11.3	14	11.7	28	11.5
Teacher	10	8.1	14	11.7	24	9.8
Office-bearer	25	20.2	18	15	43	17.6
Others	39	31.5	28	23.3	67	27.5
Perceived income
Poor	25	20.2	35	29.2	60	24.6
Fair	87	70.2	71	59.2	158	64.8
High	12	9.7	14	11.7	26	10.7
Medical security
Self-paid	51	41.1	41	34.2	92	37.7
Partly-pay	7	5.6	6	5	13	5.3
Public insurance	66	53.2	73	60.8	139	57.0

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