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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics by gender

From: Impact of gender on the willingness to participate in clinical trials and undergo related procedures in individuals from an Alzheimer’s prevention research cohort

 

Total

Men

Women

p

N

2544

938 (63.9)

1606 (63.1)

 

Age (years)

59.3 (6.7)

59.63 (± 6.74)

59.02 (± 6.74)

0.026*

Education (years)

13.4 (3.51)

13.78 (± 3.47)

13.19 (± 3.52)

< 0.001*

Marital status

   

< 0.001*

 Single

518 (20.4)

133 (14.2%)

385 (24.0%)

0.008*

 Committed relationship

2025 (79.6)

805 (85.8%)

1220 (76.0%)

< 0.001*

Occupational attainment

   

0.032*

 Active

1692 (66.5)

654 (70.3%)

1038 (65.8%)

0.027*

 Temporarily unemployed

265 (10.4)

82 (8.8%)

183 (11.6%)

0.248

 Unemployed

551 (21.7)

194 (20.9%)

357 (22.6%)

0.323

Caregiver (yes)

477 (18.8)

106 (11.3%)

371 (23.1%)

< 0.001*

  1. Notes: Data are expressed a mean (M) and standard deviation (SD) or percentage (%), as appropriate