Table 1 Demographic and disease characteristics of the low-HRQoL population versus the total survey population.
From: Understanding health problems in people with extremely low health-related quality of life in Korea
Characteristics | Total population (n = 50,583) | Low-HRQoL population (n = 2976) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | %ª | n | %ª | |
Age, mean (SE)ª | 45.3 (0.13) | 65.2 (0.39) | ||
Elderly (age > 65) | 11,179 | 13.3 | 2015 | 58.6 |
Gender | ||||
Male | 21,404 | 49.1 | 852 | 31.8 |
Female | 29,179 | 50.9 | 2124 | 68.2 |
Income | ||||
Low | 12,230 | 25.4 | 1114 | 41.3 |
Middle low | 12,545 | 25.2 | 757 | 25.7 |
Middle | 12,581 | 25.0 | 591 | 18.8 |
High | 12,536 | 24.4 | 429 | 14.2 |
Education | ||||
Elementary/lower | 13,298 | 18.6 | 2194 | 68.7 |
Middle school | 5513 | 9.8 | 319 | 12.1 |
High school | 17,075 | 39.0 | 324 | 13.6 |
College/higher | 14,606 | 32.6 | 119 | 5.6 |
Morbidity status (yes) | ||||
Hypertension | 11,130 | 16.8 | 1476 | 47.0 |
Hyperlipidaemia | 5423 | 8.8 | 573 | 19.7 |
Stroke | 1128 | 1.6 | 334 | 10.5 |
Myocardial infraction | 453 | 0.7 | 96 | 3.1 |
Angina pectoris | 909 | 1.2 | 183 | 5.4 |
Arthritis | 6929 | 9.8 | 1389 | 42.5 |
Asthma | 1638 | 2.9 | 283 | 9.0 |
Tuberculosis | 2472 | 4.4 | 209 | 7.2 |
Depression | 2108 | 3.7 | 362 | 12.8 |
Diabetes | 4226 | 6.5 | 655 | 21.3 |
Thyroid disease | 1853 | 3.0 | 163 | 5.3 |
Cancer | 1861 | 2.8 | 202 | 6.7 |
Liver diseases | 988 | 1.9 | 78 | 2.8 |
Renal failure | 219 | 0.4 | 52 | 1.9 |
Chronic kidney disease | 1687 | 2.2 | 353 | 10.4 |
Number of diseases | ||||
None | 27,173 | 61.4 | 418 | 16.8 |
One or two | 18,201 | 31.3 | 1433 | 47.1 |
Three or more | 5209 | 7.3 | 1125 | 36.1 |
Overall health status | ||||
Very good/Good | 17,401 | 35.5 | 239 | 7.6 |
Normal | 22,406 | 46.1 | 524 | 18.9 |
Bad/very bad | 10,767 | 18.4 | 2210 | 73.5 |
