CTS patients a (N = 4,568) | IMS patients b (N = 5,466) | BIO patients (N = 1,694) | |
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Gender, N (%) | |||
Male | 1,839 (40.3%) | 1,526 (27.9%)a | 654 (38.6%)b |
Female | 2,729 (59.7%) | 3,940 (72.1%)a | 1,040 (61.4%)b |
Age, N (%) | |||
0–17,% | 162 (3.5%) | 350 (6.4%)a | 153 (9.0%)a,b |
18-24 | 142 (3.1%) | 170 (3.1%)a | 77 (4.5%)a,b |
25-34 | 305 (6.7%) | 388 (7.1%)a | 173 (10.2%)a,b |
35-44 | 704 (15.4%) | 868 (15.9%)a | 390 (23.0%)a,b |
45-54 | 1,360 (29.8%) | 1,683 (30.8%)a | 472 (27.9%)a,b |
55-64 | 1,895 (41.5%) | 2,007 (36.7%)a | 429 (25.3%)a,b |
Index year, N (%) | |||
2003 | 175 (3.8%) | 219 (4.0%) | 72 (4.3%) |
2004 | 401 (8.8%) | 507 (9.3%) | 151 (8.9%) |
2005 | 641 (14.0%) | 723 (13.2%) | 208 (12.3%) |
2006 | 730 (16.0%) | 803 (14.7%) | 250 (14.8%) |
2007 | 862 (18.9%) | 1,088 (19.9%) | 346 (20.4%) |
2008 | 1,063 (23.3%) | 1,280 (23.4%) | 420 (24.8%) |
2009 | 696 (15.2%) | 846 (15.5%) | 247 (14.6%) |
Health insurance type, N (%) | |||
HMO | 924 (20.2%) | 924 (16.9%)a | 282 (16.6%)a |
PPO | 2,456 (53.8%) | 3,216 (58.8%)a | 1,014 (59.9%)a |
EPO | 18 (0.4%) | 34 (0.6%)a | 7 (0.4%)a |
Indemnity | 72 (1.6%) | 94 (1.7%)a | 29 (1.7%)a |
Other | 1,098 (24.0%) | 1,198 (21.9%)a | 362 (21.4%)a |