Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the participants

	Total n=687		Adherent patients n=526		Non-adherent patients n=161		P
	n; %	mean, SD	n; %	mean; SD	n; %	mean; SD
Age		44.82; 14.16		46.08; 14.46		40.71; 12.28	<10^-5
Male gender	170; 24.75		127; 24.14		43; 26.71		0.58
Marital status
Married	429; 62.45		341; 64.83		88; 54.66		0.025
Single	181; 26.3		129; 24.52		52; 32.30		0.036
Divorced	45; 6.55		30; 5.70		15; 9.32		0.073
Separated	8; 1.16		4; 0.76		4; 2.48		0.065
Widowed	24; 3.49		22; 4.18		2; 1.24		0.19
Having children	559; 81.37		428; 81.37		131; 81.37		1.00
Occupation
Farmer	13; 1;89		10; 1;90		3; 1.86		1.00
Worker	51; 7.42		40; 7.60		11; 6.83		0.88
Employee	316; 46.00		240; 45.63		76; 47.20		0.79
Intermediate occupation	120; 17.47		89; 16.92		31; 19.25		0.57
Business owner, manager	76; 11.06		54; 10.27		22; 13.66		0.10
Other	111; 16.16		93; 17;68		18; 11.18		0.066
Level of education
Primary/elementary school	60; 8.73		53; 10.08		7; 4.35		0.056
Secondary school	163; 23.73		125; 23.76		38; 23.60		1.00
High school	113; 16.45		94; 17.87		19; 11.80		0.090
Bachelor studies	167; 24.31		124; 23.57		43; 26.71		0.48
Postgraduate studies	184; 26.78		130; 24.71		54; 33.54		0.035