Table 1 Characteristics of participants of MHC initiative compared with general population living in the same region
| Â | Study population | Reference Population | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic characteristicsa | n | % | n | % | χ2 test (p) | |
Gender | Female | 385 | 45,9% | 2.512.962 | 51,2% | < 0.01 |
Male | 454 | 54,1% | 2.394.567 | 48,8% | ||
Age | 0–9 y | 0 | 0,0% | 435.947 | 8,88% | < 0.01 |
10–19 y | 22 | 2,6% | 466.277 | 9,50% | ||
20–29 y | 117 | 14,0% | 472.853 | 9,64% | ||
30–39 y | 78 | 9,4% | 574.591 | 11,71% | ||
40–49 y | 101 | 12,1% | 802.881 | 16,36% | ||
50–59 y | 195 | 23,4% | 758.442 | 15,45% | ||
60–69 y | 192 | 23,0% | 589.202 | 12,01% | ||
70–79 y | 96 | 11,5% | 478.430 | 9,75% | ||
80+ y | 33 | 4,0% | 328.906 | 6,70% | ||
Nationality | Italians | 687 | 83,4% | 4.422.052 | 90,1% | < 0.01 |
Foreigners | 137 | 16,6% | 485.477 | 9,9% | ||
Educationb | None or Primary School | 75 | 9,4% | 1.326.872 | 29,0% | < 0.01 |
Lower Secondary School | 159 | 19,9% | 1.378.977 | 30,1% | ||
High School | 393 | 49,3% | 1.450.833 | 31,7% | ||
Degree | 170 | 21,3% | 421.682 | 9,2% | ||
Employment | Employed | 394 | 50,3% | 2.081.000 | 49,6% | < 0.01 |
Unemployed | 52 | 6,6% | 151.000 | 3,6% | ||
Inactive | 337 | 43,0% | 1.967.000 | 46,8% | ||
Retired | 221 | 28,2% | NA | NA | Â | |
Student | 97 | 12,4% | NA | NA | Â | |
Housekeeper | 19 | 2,4% | NA | NA | Â | |
Health-related conditionsc | n | % | n | % | χ2 test (p) | |
Smoking habit | Smoker | 114 | 16,4% | 889 | 21,8% | < 0.01 |
Ex-smoker | 124 | 17,8% | 841 | 20,6% | ||
Non-smoker | 457 | 65,8% | 2.345 | 57,6% | ||
Hypertension drug treatment | Â | 104 | 14,9% | 759 | 20,1% | < 0.01 |
Diabetes drug treatment | Â | 20 | 2,9% | 146 | 3,6% | 0.34 |
Hypercholesterolemia drug treatment |  | 35 | 5,0% | 792 | 24,8% | < 0.01 |
BMI | Underweight/Normal (< 25 kg/m2) | 314 | 45,8% | 2.402 | 59,2% | < 0.01 |
Overweight (25–30 kg/m2) | 242 | 35,3% | 1.260 | 31,0% | ||
Obese (> 30 kg/m2) | 130 | 19,0% | 393 | 9,8% | ||
Physical activity | Sedentary | 135 | 23,0% | 618 | 15,2% | < 0.01 |
Partially active | 99 | 16,8% | 1.217 | 29,9% | ||
Active | 354 | 60,2% | 2.231 | 54,9% | ||
Daily Fruit and Vegetable Intake | None | 56 | 11,8% | 70 | 1,7% | < 0.01 |
1–2 servings | 278 | 58,8% | 1.794 | 44,0% | ||
3+ servings | 139 | 29,4% | 2.211 | 54,3% | ||
Compliance to national Breast Cancer Screeningd | Yes | 152 | 80,9% | 1.145 | 86,1% | 0.15 |
Compliance to national Cervical Cancer Screeninge | Yes | 173 | 70,0% | 1.453 | 90,9% | < 0.01 |
Compliance to national Colorectal Cancer Screeningf | Yes | 251 | 64,9% | 1.277 | 77,2% | < 0.01 |