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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants (n = 776)

From: The healthy behaviours and COVID-19 mortality among Iranian women: a case–control study

 

Case (n = 261)

Control (n = 515)

Total

Frequency

%

Frequency

%

chi2

p value

Age categories

 < 10

17

6.5

2

0.4

228.24

 < 0.001

10–19

3

1.1

21

4.1

  

20–29

9

3.4

53

10.4

  

30–39

20

7.7

119

23.0

  

40–49

23

8.8

148

28.6

  

50–59

44

16.9

97

19.0

  

60–69

58

22.2

54

10.6

  

70–79

57

21.8

20

3.9

  

 > 80

30

11.5

2

0.4

  

NCDs

Chronic disease

167

64.0

41

7.9

278.2

 < 0.001

Diabetes

94

36.01

65

12.6

58.2

 < 0.001

CVDs

120

46.1

32

6.2

174.4

 < 0.001

Obese

106

40.6

24

4.6

161.2

 < 0.001

Metabolic disease

7

2.7

2

0.4

7.99

0.005

Lung disease

25

9.6

26

5.0

5.86

0.015

Smoking

Yes

2

0.8

5

1.0

0.078

0.715

No

259

99.2

512

99.0

  

BMI categorized

Underweight

17

6.5

14

2.7

13.28

0.004

Normal weight

42

16.1

128

24.8

  

Overweight

117

44.8

227

44.0

  

Obesity

85

32.6

147

28.5

  
  1. n, number; NCDs, non-communicable diseases; CVDs, cardiovascular diseases; BMI, Body Mass Index