Table 1

Gender and education in HCV, IBD and IBS participants

Disease

HCV (n = 41)
IBD (n = 64)
IBS (n = 34)
Total (n = 139)

Number of participants/percent
N (%)
N (%)
N (%)
N (%)
Gender*
Male
21 (51)
25 (39)
8 (23)
54 (39)

Female
20 (49)
39 (61)
26 (77)
85 (61)
Education
Primary
3 (7)
3 (5)
3 (9)
9 (7)

Secondary
22 (54)
29 (45)
13 (38)
64 (46)

Trade/TAFE
1 (2)
8 (12)
5 (15)
14 (10)

Tertiary
11 (27)
18 (28)
12 (35)
41 (29)

Not specified
4 (10)
6 (10)
1 (3)
11 (8)

* p ≤ 0.05

Mikocka-Walus et al. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2008 4:15   doi:10.1186/1745-0179-4-15