Osteoporosis, diabetes, and hypertension are major risk factors for mortality in older adults: an intermediate report on a prospective survey of 1467 community-dwelling elderly healthy pensioners in Switzerland

Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the SENIORLAB study: Women

Variable	Subjects	Mean, (%)	STD	Min; Max
age [years]	787	72.4	± 8.1	60;99
weight [kg]	787	65.7	± 11.1	36;121
BMI [kg/m²]	785	24.9	± 4.0	14.4;42.9
Follow-up [years]	787	3.74	± 0.58	0.06;5.05
Smoker	37	4.7
Alcohol abuse	0	–
Typ 2 diabetes mellitus	18	2.3
Hypertension	277	35.2
CVD	109	13.9
Osteoporosis	50	6.4
Cancer	58	7.4
Deaths	29	3.7

Study population: number of patients, mean values (mean), standard deviation (STD), minimum (Min), maximum (Max), the difference will be the range, cerebrovascular disease (CVD)
There are statistical differences between men and women in weight, BMI, Follow-up, Smokerstatus, Typ 2 diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis
No differences were detected in age, cerebrovascular disease, cancer and deaths

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