| Males (N = 149) (%) | Females (N = 251) (%) | p value |
---|---|---|---|
Mean age in years old (SD) Range | 101.62 (1.88) 100-107 | 101.99 (2.13) 100-109 | 0.1 |
Habitat status | 0.632 | ||
Home alone | 38 (25.9) | 53 (21.6) | Â |
Home not alone | 96 (64.4) | 172 (68.5) | Â |
Nursing home | 13 (8.7) | 20 (7.9) | Â |
Type of habitat | 0.134 | ||
Urban | 33 (22.8) | 74 (30.3) | Â |
Rural | 112 (77.2) | 170 (69.7) | Â |
Family status | < 0.0005* | ||
Non widow(-er) | 30 (20.1) | 15 (5.9) | Â |
Widow(-er) | 119(79.9) | 236(94.1) | Â |
Mean number of children (range) | 3.8 (0-12) | 4.2 (0-11) | 0.233 |
Number of centenarian 1 st degree siblings | 0.023* | ||
No | 132 (88.6) | 238 (94.8) | Â |
One | 12 (8.1) | 12 (4.8) | Â |
More than one | 5 (3.6) | 1 (0.4) | Â |
Education | < 0.0005* | ||
2Illiterate | 32 (21.8) | 139(55.6) | Â |
3Literate | 115(78.2) | 111 (44.4) | Â |
Income | 0.21 | ||
< 500 euros | 75 (51.7) | 139 (58.9) | Â |
≥500 | 70 (48.3) | 97 (41.1) |  |
Smoking | < 0.0005* | ||
Yes | 21 (14.4) | 2 (0.8) | Â |
No | 116 (79.5) | 242 (97.2) | Â |
Occasionally | 9 (6.2) | 5 (2) | Â |
BMI | 0.001* | ||
Normal | 75 (57.3) | 119 (51.5) | Â |
Overweight | 47 (35.9) | 58 (25.1) | Â |
Obese | 5 (3.8) | 30 (12.9) | Â |
Diseases | |||
Cardiovascular | 36 (25.9) | 59 (26.7) | 0.965 |
Diabetes Mellitus | 11 (7.9) | 14 (6.3) | 0.718 |
Cancer | 28 (19.7) | 66 (28) | 0.094 |
Neuropsychiatric | 2 (1.4) | 11 (5) | 0.141 |