Table 2 Patient characteristics, AGE2 study (N = 85)
Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
- Female | 46 | 54.1 |
- Male | 39 | 45.9 |
Age category (in years) | ||
- 69 to 74 | 34 | 40.0 |
- 75 to 84 | 37 | 43.5 |
- 85 to 94 | 14 | 16.5 |
Country/region of birth | ||
- Switzerland | 52 | 61.2 |
- European region except Switzerland | 19 | 22.4 |
- Outside European region | 14 | 16.5 |
Achieved education level (8 missing) | ||
- Primary school (9 years) | 21 | 27.3 |
- Secondary school (12 years) | 29 | 37.7 |
- Superior education (secondary school + at least 3 years) | 27 | 35.1 |
BMI category (7 missing) | ||
- Underweight (< 18) | 2 | 2.6 |
- Normal (18–25) | 28 | 35.9 |
- Overweight (25–30) | 25 | 32.1 |
- Obese (> 30) | 23 | 29.5 |
Cardiovascular risk factors | ||
- Hypertension (3 missing) | 57 | 69.5 |
- Hypercholesterolemia (4 missing) | 47 | 58.0 |
- Diabetes (3 missing) | 21 | 25.6 |
Cardiovascular disease (4 missing) | 25 | 30.9 |
Respiratory disease (4 missing) | 17 | 21.0 |
Cancer (3 missing) | 7 | 8.5 |
Number of different medications (2 missing) | 9.4 | |
- 0 to 5 | 47 | 56.6 |
- 6 to 10 | 24 | 28.9 |
- 11 to 15 | 10 | 12.1 |
- > 15 | 2 | 2.4 |
Wearing glasses (4 missing) | 69 | 85.2 |
Wearing hearing aid (4 missing) | 17 | 21.0 |
Self-rated health (7 missing) | ||
- Very good | 14 | 18.0 |
- Good | 42 | 53.9 |
- Fair | 20 | 25.6 |
- Poor | 2 | 2.6 |
Global evaluation (2 missing) | ||
- Robust patient | 32 | 38.6 |
- Vulnerable | 45 | 54.2 |
- Dependent | 6 | 7.2 |