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Table 1 Baseline data for the different church attendance frequencies

From: The relationship between headache and religious attendance (the Nord-Trøndelag health study- HUNT)

Variables

Never

1-6 times/last 6 months

1-3 times / month

More than 3 times/month

p

Men

     

n

4171

5249

1083

377

 

Mean age, year (SD)

46.4 (12.8)

47.0 (12.4)

54.4 (12.4)

52.4 (12.4)

P < 0.001

HADS-Aa (SD) (missingf = 770)

3.8 (3.1)

3.8 (2.9)

3.8 (3.0)

4.0 (3.0)

P = 0.612

HADS-Db (SD) (missingf = 430)

3.5 (3.0)

3.4 (2.8)

3.7 (2.9)

3.7 (2.9)

P = 0.001

HADS-totalc (SD)

7.2 (5.3)

7.2 (4.9)

7.3 (5.1)

7.6 (5.2)

P = 0.351

SBPd mean (SD) (missingf = 40)

137.5 (16.6)

136.9 (16.0)

140.7 (18.2)

138.3 (17.9)

P < 0.001

Education > 12 years (%)

24.3

24.6

18.5

24.9

P < 0.001

Physical inactivity (%)

5.2

3.8

3.9

5.8

P < 0.001

BMIe, mean (SD) (missingf = 13)

26.4 (3.4)

26.4 (3.1)

26.7 (3.2)

26.5 (3.2)

P = 0.014

Smoking (%)

27.3

21.4

17.6

16.2

P < 0.001

Women

     

n

5141

6930

1672

554

 

Mean age, year (SD)

44.4 (13.1)

45.0 (13.0)

53.5 (13.1)

52.6 (13.2)

P < 0.001

HADS-Aa (SD) (missingf = 1592)

4.4 (3.4)

4.3 (3.2)

4.4 (3.3)

4.3 (3.4)

P = 0.46

HADS-Db (SD) (missingf = 707)

3.1 (3.0)

3.0 (2.8)

3.5 (2.9)

3.2 (2.8)

P < 0.001

HADS-totc (SD)

7.4 (5.7)

7.2 (5.3)

7.8 (5.5)

7.4 (5.5)

P = 0.005

SBPd mean (SD) (missingf = 24)

130 .1 (19.7)

129.8 (18.9)

137.5 (21.7)

135.7 (22.6)

P < 0.001

Education > 12 years (%)

22.9

25.5

17.7

30.7

P < 0.001

Physical inactivity (%)

4.4

2.6

3.5

6.1

P < 0.001

BMIe, mean (SD) (missingf = 41)

25.7 (4.2)

25.8 (4.2)

26.7 (4.3)

26.9 (4.7)

P < 0.001

Smoking (%)

33.7

23.8

17.2

10.8

P < 0.001

  1. aHospital Anxiety and Depression Scale – Anxiety score bHospital Anxiety and Depression Scale – Depression score cHADS total score (HADS-A + HADS-D) dsystolic blood pressure (mm Hg) ebody mass index fNumber of individuals with missing values are given if different from zero.