Table 3 Demographic and selected health characteristics at wave 1
Characteristics | ALL n = 1679 (100) cases/n (%) | Women n = 1043 (62.1) cases/n (%) | Men n = 636 (37.9) cases/n (%) | Robust n = 1022 (60.9) cases/n (%) | postRobustn = 220 (13.1) cases/n (%) | preFrailn = 172 (10.2) cases/n (%) | Transients*n = 392 (23.3) cases/n (%) | Frail n = 265 (15.8) cases/n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age – mean, se | 72.3 ± 7.5 | 72.7 ± 7.7 | 71.6 ± 7.0 | 70.0 ± 6.2 | 74.4 ± 7.5 | 75.2 ± 7.8 | 74.7 ± 7.6 | 77.7 ± 7.8 |
(min., max.) | (61.2-96.8) | (61.4-96.8) | (61.2-91.9) | (61.2-91.9) | (61.7-93.7) | (61.5-94.0) | (61.5-94.0) | (61.4-96.8) |
Women | 1043/1679(62.1) | 1043/1043(100) | 0/636(0) | 579/1022(56.7) | 153/220(69.5) | 123/172(71.5) | 276/392(70.4) | 188/265(70.9) |
Living arrangement, alone | 588/1638(35.9) | 508/1014(50.1) | 80/624(12.8) | 287/1005(28.6) | 91/212(42.9) | 69/165(41.8) | 160/377(42.4) | 141/256(55.1) |
State of health fair/poor | 510/1651(30.9) | 329/1023(32.2) | 181/628(28.8) | 167/1006(16.6) | 95/217(43.8) | 74/168(44.0) | 169/385(43.9) | 174/260(66.9) |
Chronic pain†| 453/1595(28.4) | 330/985(33.5) | 123/610(20.2) | 199/986(20.2) | 96/210(45.7) | 39/156(25.0) | 135/366(36.9) | 119/243(49.0) |
Depressed‡ | 211/1582(13.3) | 141/970(14.5) | 70/612(11.4) | 91/971(9.4) | 34/212(16.0) | 25/156(16.0) | 59/368(16.0) | 61/243(25.1) |
Poor vision§ | 422/1658(25.5) | 282/1028(27.4) | 140/630(22.2) | 182/1014(17.9) | 70/216(32.4) | 57/170(33.5) | 127/386(32.9) | 113/258(43.8) |
No of medication – mean (min., max.) | 3.0(0–16) | 3.1(0–16) | 2.9(0–14) | 2.5(0–11) | 3.3(0–16) | 3.4(0–12) | 3.3(0–16) | 4.7(0–14) |
ADL dependent|| | 33/1633(2.0) | 24/1038(2.3) | 9/628(1.4) | 1/1019(0.1) | 1/219(0.5) | 9/168(5.4) | 10/388(2.6) | 22/259(8.5) |