Table 3 Description of the study population (numbers (%))

Number of respondents

109 (53.4 %)

95 (46.6 %)

Age in years (mean ± SD)

66.7 ± 9.1

66.9 ± 9.6

-No education

0 (0 %)

3 (3.2 %)

-Lower education

18 (16.5 %)

31 (32.7 %)

-Middle education

43 (39.4 %)

27 (28.4 %)

-Higher education

42 (38.6 %)

20 (21.0 %)

-Other

1 (0.9 %)

6 (6.3 %)

-Missing

5 (4.6 %)

8 (8.4 %)

-Diabetes

49 (16.2 %)

34 (35.4 %)

-CVRM

100 (92.6 %)

88 (91.7 %)

-Asthma/COPD

13 (12.0 %)

19 (19.8 %)

-Other

3 (2.8 %)

6 (6.3 %)

-Missing

2 (1.9 %)

0 (0 %)