Table 1 Descriptive characteristics.

From: Inequities in cardiovascular risk and lifestyle factors among individuals with developmental disabilities: evidence from Korea’s national health screening program

 

Before matching

Propensity score matching

 

No disability

Developmental disabilities

p-value

No disability

Developmental disabilities

p-value

N=

5,623,993

17,012

 

13,863

13,863

 

Male

2,891,986

10,993

***

8883

8883

1

%

51.4

64.6

 

64.1

64.1

 

Female

2,732,007

6019

 

4980

4980

 

%

48.6

35.4

 

35.9

35.9

 

Age

49.05

38.3

***

38.8

38.9

0.29

SD

14.5

13.1

 

13.8

13.4

 

Employment-based NHI enrollees

4,621,900

9265

***

6471

6468

0.958

%

82.2

54.5

 

46.7

46.7

 

Other NHI enrollees

969,346

1754

 

1617

1603

 

%

17.2

10.3

 

11.7

11.6

 

Medical Aid

32,747

5993

 

5775

5792

 

%

0.6

35.2

 

41.7

41.8

 

Lowest quintile income

905,450

12,180

***

10,080

10,078

1

%

16.1

71.6

 

72.7

72.7

 

2nd quintile income

866,996

1752

 

1247

1248

 

%

15.4

10.3

 

9.0

9.0

 

3rd quintile income

1,097,979

1286

 

971

971

 

%

19.5

7.6

 

7.0

7.0

 

4th quintile income

1,283,955

877

 

727

727

 

%

22.8

5.2

 

5.2

5.2

 

5th quintile income

1,469,613

917

 

838

839

 

%

26.1

5.4

 

6.0

6.1

 

Metropolitan

1,000,936

2174

***

1660

1660

1

%

17.8

12.8

 

12.0

12.0

 

Urban

1,492,282

3930

 

3197

3197

 

%

26.5

23.1

 

23.1

23.1

 

Rural

3,130,775

10,908

 

9006

9006

 

%

55.7

64.1

 

65.0

65.0