Sociodemographic characteristics, chronic disease background and behavioral risk factors from The Maastricht Study spouse relationships
| Affected individuals in the couples (n=326) | |||
| None | One | Two | |
| Sociodemographic characteristics (n) | |||
| Low educational level (318) | 35 (11.0) | 121 (38.3) | 160 (50.7) |
| Chronic disease background | |||
| Type 2 diabetes diagnosis | 236 (72.4) | 78 (24.0) | 12 (3.6) |
| Hypertension diagnosis | 70 (21.4) | 161 (49.3) | 95 (29.1) |
| History of cardiovascular disease (317) | 236 (74.5) | 72 (23.0) | 8 (2.5) |
| Family history of diabetes (237)* | 86 (36.3) | 82 (34.6) | 29 (12.2) |
| Behavioral risk factors | |||
| High alcohol consumption (320) | 178 (56.0) | 96 (30.0) | 45 (14.0) |
| Current smokers (321) | 273 (85.2) | 41 (12.8) | 6 (2.0) |
The table shows n (%). Numbers in brackets in the first column are the number of couples with available information on each indicator.
*In addition to the couples listed in the table (adding up to 83.1%) there were 9 couples (3.8%) where both partners had unknown family history and 31 couples (13.1%) where one partner had unknown family history and the other had no family history.