Table 4 summarises the relative importance values ascribed by participants to the six (6) attributes of this particular study based on their gender, age and educational level.Table 4Relative importance ascribed by the participants to the six (6) characteristics of the study, based on their gender, age and educational levelCharacteristicRelative importanceAgep valueHealthy lifestylep valueType of diseasep valueSeverity of diseasep valueHealth improvementp valueCost of treatmentp valueGender <0.001 a 0.04 a <0.001 a 0.002 a <0.001 a <0.001 a Women28.38.212.527.813.010.2 Men22.77.717.927.011.213.5Age (years)<0.001 a 0.67a <0.001 a <0.001 a 0.11a <0.001 a ≤3522.78.013.729.612.313.7 >3528.27.916.725.211.910.1Educational level<0.001 b,c <0.001 b,d <0.001 b,e < 0.001 b,d <0.001 b,f <0.001 b,f Secondary school (‘gymnasium’) graduates32.07.411.025.411.412.8 High school graduates23.67.017.128.212.112.0 University graduates23.49.115.927.912.511.2 a t test bAnalysis of variance cStatistical significant difference between secondary school graduates and high school graduates (p = 0.049) dStatistical significant difference between secondary school graduates and high school graduates (p < 0.001) and secondary school graduates and university graduates (p < 0.001) eStatistical significant difference among the three groups (p < 0.001 in all cases) fStatistical significant difference between secondary school graduates and high school graduates (p < 0.001)