From: Profiles of physical, emotional and psychosocial wellbeing in the Lothian birth cohort 1936
 | Latent groups |  | ||||
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Variable | High Wellbeing (n = 515) | Average Wellbeing (n = 417) | Low Wellbeing (n = 37) | Good Fitness/Low Spirits (n = 60) | Low Fitness/Good Spirits (n = 62) | P |
Demographics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Number of males (%) | 280 (54.5) | 196 (47.1) | 16 (48.5) | 27 (45.0) | 28 (45.2) | .880 |
Age 11 IQ | 101.9 (13.9) | 99.5 (14.5) | 97.7 (17.4) | 93.0 (18.6) | 95.2 (17.6) | .001 |
NART (range 0-50) | 35.3 (7.8) | 34.1 (8.3) | 34.1 (7.2) | 32.1 (9.3) | 32.6 (9.0) | .007 |
Yrs. Educ. (range 7-14 years) | 10.8 (1.1) | 10.7 (1.2) | 10.4 (.09) | 10.5 (1.2) | 10.6 (1.0) | .030 |
Number married (%) | 375 (73) | 298 (71.6) | 19 (51.4) | 42 (70) | 39 (62.9) | .001 |
Number living alone (%) | 126 (24.5) | 88 (21.2) | 12 (32.4) | 18 (30) | 22 (35.5) | .001 |
Number in the professional social class (%) | 104 (20.6) | 63 (15.3) | 6 (17.1) | 9 (15.8) | 8 (13.3) | .001 |
Personality (range 0-60) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Neuroticism | 24.97 (5.7) | 31.21 (6.4) | 40.15 (6.4) | 38.4 (6.7) | 34.4 (7.3) | .001 |
Extraversion | 40.88 (5.4) | 38.04 (5.7) | 32.13 (6.7) | 36.1 (4.8) | 35.90 (5.1) | .001 |
Openness | 38.53 (5.58) | 37.70 (6.06) | 37.27 (5.63) | 37.50 (5.52) | 37.37 (6.17) | .183 |
Agreeableness | 46.25 (5.2) | 45.47 (5.2) | 42.64 (4.3) | 44.08 (5.0) | 43.13 (5.0) | .001 |
Conscientiousness | 48.19 (5.6) | 46.27 (5.8) | 44.72 (7.05) | 42.94 (5.6) | 41.37 (6.8) | .001 |
Physical function and health (range for each variable in parentheses) | Â | |||||
Grip strength (4-60kg) | .05 (1.17) | -.06 (.26) | .31(3.05) | -.09 (.27) | -.11(.29) | .101 |
6m walk time (1.05 – 14.74m) | .16 (.7) | .05 (.90) | −1.19 (2.0) | .19 (1.4) | .85 (1.4) | .001 |
FEV1 (.49 – 5.13) | .11 (1.0) | -.00 (.9) | -.40 (1.0) | -.18 (1.2) | -.47 (1.0) | .001 |
FVC (1.13– 6.93) | .10 (1.0) | .03 (1.0) | -.33 (.9) | -.35 (1.0) | -.52 (.9) | .001 |
BMI (16.02 - 48.52) | 27.61 (4.1) | 27.75 (4.5) | 29.35 (5.3) | 27.76 (4.8) | 28.98 (5.2) | .044 |
Units of alcohol/week (0-140) | 10.80 (12.9) | 11.07 (15.7) | 9.19 (17.5) | 9.08 (9.4) | 9.19 (17.5) | .080 |
Number of current smokers (%) | 61 (11.9) | 52 (12.5) | 9 (24.3) | 7 (11.7) | 17 (27.4) | .001 |
APOE e4 present (%) | 158 (32.8) | 106 (22.9) | 10 (33) | 15 (27.8) | 17 (27.4) | .421 |
Disease (range in parentheses) | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
Number with high blood pressure (%) | 187 (36.4) | 172 (41.3) | 20 (54.1) | 17 (28.3) | 35 (56.5) | .002 |
Number with diabetes (%) | 27 (5.3) | 34 (8.2) | 13 (35.1) | 4 (6.7) | 13 (21) | .001 |
Number with CVD (%) | 108 (21) | 99 (23.8) | 19 (51.4) | 18 (70) | 23 (37.1) | .001 |
Number with blood circulation problems (%) | 68 (13.2) | 58 (14) | 7 (18.9) | 7 (11.7) | 7 (18.9) | .082 |
Number with history of stroke (%) | 16 (3.1) | 22 (5.3) | 4 (10.8) | 6 (10) | 6 (9.7) | .024 |
Total number of medications (0-8) | 2.52 (2.30) | 2.99 (2.41) | 5.43 (2.62) | 3.18 (2.81) | 4.82 (2.80) | .001 |
Total medical conditions (0-8) | 2.76 (1.6) | 3.37 (1.7) | 5.17 (1.9) | 3.07 (1.7) | 4.42 (1.7) | .001 |
Cognition (range in SD units in parentheses) | Â | Â | Â | |||
g (2.51-2.11) | .13 (.7) | -.04 (.7) | -.45 (.8) | -.23 (.7) | -.24 (.7) | .001 |
Memory (-2.78-1.78) | .07 (.79) | -.02 (.82) | -.05 (.84) | -.21 (.92) | -.04(.82) | .093 |
Speed (-3.00 – 1.86) | -.04 (.5) | -.01 (.6) | -.26 (.7) | .17 (.6) | -.14 (.4) | .002 |