Table 1 Characteristics of the study group including the SCORE2 scale breakdown.

From: Assessment of cardiovascular risk factors and effect of lifestyle in individuals without cardiovascular disease, diabetes or chronic kidney disease

Variable

The whole group N(%)/M ± SD

SCORE low to medium risk (N = 381) N(%)/ M ± SD

SCORE high risk (N = 282) N(%)/M ± SD

SCORE very high risk (N = 173)N(%)/M ± SD

p

Sex

Female

539 (64.4)

309 (81.1)

152 (53.9)

78 (45.1)

 < 0.001a

Male

297 (35.6)

72 (18.9)

130 (46.1)

95 (54.9)

Age

M ± SD

48 ± 9.3

46 ± 5.3

52 ± 7.6

59 ± 6.6

 < 0.001b

Place of residence

Village

285 (34.1)

110 (28.9)

99 (35.1)

76 (43,9)

 < 0.001a

City of up to 50 000 inhabitants

217 (25.9)

67 (17.6)

83 (29.4)

67 (38,7)

City of over 50 000 inhabitants

334 (40.0)

204 (53.5)

100 (35.5)

30 (17,4)

Type of profession

White-collar worker

345 (41.2)

215 (56.4)

108 (38.3)

22 (12.7)

 < 0.001a

Manual worker

229 (27.4)

92 (24.1)

78 (27.7)

59 (34.2)

Farmer

76 (9.1)

29 (7.6)

26 (9.2)

21 (12.1)

Pensioner

99 (11.9)

3 (0.8)

45 (15.9)

51 (29.5)

Other

80 (9.6)

38 (9.9)

23 (8.2)

19 (10.9)

No data available

7 (0.8)

4 (1.2)

2 (0,7)

1 (0.6)

Education

Basic

35 (4.2)

6 (1.6)

15 (5.3)

14 (8.1)

 < 0.001a

Basic vocational

209 (25.0)

58 (15.2)

83 (29.4)

68 (39.3)

Secondary

225 (26.9)

97 (25.5)

74 (26.2)

54 (31.2)

Incomplete higher

7 (0.8)

4 (1.1)

3 (1.1)

0 (0)

Higher

346 (41.4)

209 (54.9)

102 (36.2)

35 (20.2)

No data available

14 (1.7)

7(1.7)

5 (1.8)

2 (1.2)

Heart attack and/or stroke in a father under 55?

Yes

78 (9.3)

33 (9.9)

28 (9.9)

17 (9.8)

0.830a

Heart attack and/or stroke in a mother under 65?

Yes

40 (4.8)

18 (4,7)

15 (5.3)

7 (4.1)

0.824a

Smoking

Smokes cigarettes

209 (25.0)

12 (3.2)

79 (28.0)

118 (68.2)

 < 0.001a

Smoked in the past

131 (15.7)

66 (17.3)

48 (17.0)

17 (9.8)

Passive smoking

16 (1.9)

12 (3.2)

3 (1.1)

1 (0.6)

Does not smoke

480 (57.4)

291 (76.3)

152 (53.9)

37 (21.4)

  1. M Mean, SD Standard deviation, N number, statistically significant values are with the significance level set at p < 0.05; Statistically significant variables have been bolded.
  2. aChi-squared test.
  3. bKruskal-Wallis test.
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