|
Variable
|
Percent/Mean (SD)
|
|---|
|
Social engagement
| |
|---|
|
Social participation
|
1.23 (1.37)
|
|
Social ties
|
6.42 (5.22)
|
|
Emotional support
|
2.82 (3.51)
|
|
Demographic and socio-economic variables
| |
|
Age (%)
| |
|
50-60 years
|
37.27
|
|
60-70 years
|
28.42
|
|
70-80 years
|
22.49
|
|
80+ years
|
11.82
|
|
Mean Age
|
65.35 (10.60)
|
|
Currently married (%)
|
66.70
|
|
Female (%)
|
53.70
|
|
Education: levels of education attained
| |
|
tertiary
|
22.91
|
|
secondary
|
27.87
|
|
primary
|
40.50
|
|
no education
|
8.72
|
|
Co-morbidity
| |
|
Have Depression (8 items CES-D)
|
22.90
|
|
No chronic disease*
|
60.21
|
|
No CVD**
|
81.16
|
|
No limitations with ADLs
|
70.10
|
|
Health Behaviours
| |
|
Never smoked
|
82.46
|
|
Physical activity
| |
|
none
|
8.24
|
|
light
|
15.75
|
|
moderate
|
48.65
|
|
vigorous
|
27.36
|
|
Cardiovascular variables
| |
|
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure
| |
|
Mean systolic BP (mmHg)
|
135.4 (19.0)
|
|
Mean diastolic BP (mmHg)
|
74.9 (11.3)
|
|
Hypertension (%)
|
38.78
|
|
Body Mass Index (>30 kg/m2)
|
28.90
|
|
Mean hsCRP (mg/l)
|
2.55 (2.16)
|
|
Mean Fibrinogen (g/l)
|
3.2 (0.7)
|
- Note: For hsCRP and fibrinogen, n = 5884. For all other variables, n = 7433
- *chronic lung diasese, arthritis, osteoporosis, cancer, parkinson's disease
- **angina, diabetes, myocardial infection, stroke, heart failure, heart murmur, abnormal heart rhythm, valvular heart disease, ischaemic heart disease
