The impact of sulfur mustard on quality of life and mental health in Kurdish survivors in Sweden, thirty years after exposure

Table 1 Participants’ demographic, socioeconomic and route of sulfur mustard exposure characteristics (n = 48)

Variable	Nonexposed (n = 30)	Exposed (n = 18)	P*
Sex, number of Women (%)	14 (47)	9 (50)	0.53
Age (years), mean (SD) Median (Min–Max)	48.7 (10.3) 51.5 (32–67)	51.3 (8.2) 51.5 (30–66)	0.37
Body mass index (kg/m²), mean (SD) Median (Min–Max)	27.4 (3.9) 26.5 (22.8–39)	27.2 (3.1) 25.9 (23–33)	0.64
Educational achievement, n (%)			0.02
≤ Primary	1 (3)	6 (33)
High school	12 (40)	7 (39)
≥ University	17 (57)	5 (28)
Employment status, n (%)			0.01
Unemployed	4 (13)	9 (50)
Marital status, n (%)			0.58
Married	22 (73)	12 (67)
Single	1 (3)	2 (11)
Divorced	7 (23)	4 (22)
Type of exposure, n (%)
Primary		11 (61)
Secondary		7 (39)

n Number of participants, SD Standard deviation
For categorical variables, n (%) is presented; for continuous variables Mean (SD)/ Median (Min—Max) is presented . P* are based on independent T-tests or Fisher exact test, depending on the type of the variables

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