From: Self-efficacy and self-management strategies in acute intermittent porphyria
Participant characteristics | All (n = 140) | P a | Symptomatic |  | Asymptomatic |  | Unclassified (n = 6) | ||
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Received GC (n = 34) | No GC (n = 72) | p | Received GC (n = 14) | No GC (n = 14) | p | ||||
Women (%) | 58 | 0.02 | 68 | 64 | 0.70 | 21 | 43 | 0.23 | 50 |
Age, mean (range) in years | 52 (18–89) | 0.03 | 51 (20–73) | 56 (18–89) | 0.10 | 42 (28–58) | 47 (23–82) | 0.03 | 52 (22–66) |
Children (%) | 79 | 0.47 | 79 | 82 | 0.76 | 79 | 71 | 0.66 | 67 |
Cohabiting status (%)b | Â | 0.36 | Â | Â | 0.16 | Â | Â | 0.80 | Â |
 Living alone | 21 |  | 17 | 25 |  | 14 | 14 |  | 33 |
 Cohabitant | 77 |  | 79 | 75 |  | 86 | 79 |  | 67 |
Highest level of education (%) | 0.55 |  |  | < 0.01 |  |  | 0.20 |  | |
 Secondary school |  |  | 3 | 33 |  | 7 | 29 |  | 33 |
 High school |  |  | 56 | 39 |  | 36 | 43 |  | 33 |
 College/university |  |  | 41 | 28 |  | 57 | 29 |  | 33 |
Occupational status (%) | Â | 0.04 | Â | Â | 0.02 | Â | Â | 0.39 | Â |
 Employedc | 62 |  | 79 | 47 |  | 93 | 79 |  | 33 |
 Pensioner | 19 |  | 3 | 31 |  | 0 | 7 |  | 33 |
 Disabled | 16 |  | 18 | 18 |  | 7 | 14 |  | 0 |
 Other | 3 |  | 0 | 4 |  | 0 | 0 |  | 33 |