Compared with Christians, however, Muslims were neither less educated (mean educational level, 3.70 for Muslims and 3.36 for Christians; P =.12) nor more noncompliant (2.18% (6/275) of Muslims were noncompliant vs 2.00% (13/660) of Christians; P =.83).
Baseline maternal characteristics of responders and non-responders to the postpartum questionnaire were similar in most respects although women who did not return their postpartum questionnaires were slightly younger (mean age, 28.6 vs. 29.8 yr)., less educated (mean educational level, 14.3 vs. 15.8 yr).
A poor adherence to the Mediterranean diet, however, was associated with educational level (less common among those less educated) and younger ages.
They also had higher diastolic blood pressure, reported more CVD-indicators, less frequent alcohol consumption, more smoking, less exercise and lower educational level (p < 0.001; see Table 1).
Educational level: less than 6 years of elementary education group had the largest proportion (40.7%) and the smallest proportion was college group (1.1%).
In addition, patients' perceptions of productive interaction in 2012 were associated negatively with low educational level, meaning that less educated patients found interaction to be less productive than did more educated patients.
Most were socioeconomically disadvantaged (79.7% with educational level less than a college degree; 74.3% reporting annual income <$30,000).
Most residents are farmers with less than high school educational level.
Many countries included in global clinical trials have less than half the educational level of US trial participants.
Each resident's sex, age, and educational level (less than primary, primary -8 years-, and secondary -12 years- or more) were obtained by interview.
