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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants (n = 272

From: Physically active primary care doctors are more likely to offer exercise counselling to patients with cardiovascular diseases: a cross-sectional study

Variables

N (%)

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

Age

  

34 (11)

Gender

  Male

91 (33.5)

  

  Female

181 (66.5)

  

BMI

  Underweigh

14 (5.1)

  

  Normal

96 (35.3)

 

24.4 ± 0.26

  Overweight

99 (36.4)

  

  Obese

63 (23.2)

  

Smoking

  Yes

5 (1.8)

  

  No

267 (98.2)

  

Comorbidities

  Cardiovascular Diseases

3 (1.1)

  

  Hypertension

17 (6.3)

  

  Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

13 (4.8)

  

  Obesity/Metabolic Syndrome

63 (23.2)

  

  Dyslipidaemia

39 (14.3)

  

  Bronchial Asthma/COPD

13 (4.8)

  

  Arthritis/Osteoporosis

19 (7.0)

  

  Years Working

 

8 (8.75)

 

  Years in Primary Care

 

5 (7.38)

 

Highest Qualification

  Undergraduate

144 (52.9)

  

  Postgraduate

128 (47.1)

  

  Patients seen per day

  

40 (22.08)