Table 1 Study population
From: Prevalence and treatment of allergies in rural areas of Bavaria, Germany: a cross-sectional study
Number of participants | 641 |
|---|---|
Gender | |
 Men | 40.3% (n = 258) |
 Women | 59.7% (n = 383) |
 Missing information on gender | > 0.1%(n = 10) |
Age | |
 Mean | 50.5 years |
 Standard deviation | 15.1 years |
 Range | 18–86 years |
 18–29 years | 11.4% (n = 73) |
 30–44 years | 17.3% (n = 111) |
 45–64 years | 53.7% (n = 344) |
 > 64 years | 17.6% (n = 113) |
 Missing information on age | > 0.1% (n = 3) |
Professiona | |
 Indoor workers (office etc.) | 60.4% (n = 387) |
 House wives / house husbands | 12.9% (n = 83) |
 Construction workers | 6.6% (n = 42) |
 Students and scholars | 2.2% (n = 14) |
 Farmers | 2% (n = 13) |
 No employment | 1.7% (n = 11) |
 Hunters | 1.1% (n = 7) |
 Others | 5.3%(n = 34) |
 Missing information on profession | 10.9% (n = 70) |
Retirement | |
 Pensioners | 24% (n = 154) |
 Missing information on retirement | > 0.1% (n = 22) |