Table 1 Characteristics of CLSA participants and super-seniors (SS) in the study sample
CLSA N = 12,626 | SS N = 122 | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age, Mean (SD) | 73.1(5.7) | 90.4 (3.6) | < 0.001 |
Sex, N (%) | 0.08 | ||
Male | 6329 (50.1) | 51 (41.8) | |
Female | 6297 (49.9) | 71 (58.2) | |
Ethnicity, N (%) | 0.45 | ||
White | 12,191 (96.6) | 120 (98.4) | |
Other ethnicities | 435 (3.4) | 2 (1.6) | |
Marital status, N (%) | < 0.001 | ||
Living without partner | 4759 (37.7) | 77 (63.1) | |
Living with partner | 7866 (62.3) | 45 (36.9) | |
Household income, N (%) | 0.86 | ||
< $50,000 | 4717 (41.0) | 50 (43.5) | |
$50,000-99,999 | 4529 (39.4) | 43 (37.4) | |
≥ $100,000 | 2257 (19.6) | 22 (19.1) | |
Education, N (%) | 0.01 | ||
≤ high school | 2542 (20.2) | 35 (28.7) | |
> high school, <Bachelor’s degree | 3858 (30.6) | 42 (34.4) | |
≥ Bachelor’s degree | 6188 (49.2) | 45 (36.9) | |
Smoking, N (%) | 0.001 | ||
Never smoker | 5461 (43.3) | 65 (53.3) | |
Former smoker | 6451 (51.1) | 57 (46.7) | |
Current smoker | 713 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) | |
Alcohol (past 12 months), N (%) | < 0.001 | ||
Never | 1640 (13.4) | 16 (13.1) | |
Occasional | 3608 (29.4) | 29 (23.8) | |
Regular | 3250 (26.5) | 19 (15.6) | |
Habitual | 3773 (30.7) | 58 (47.5) | |
BMI, N (%) | < 0.001 | ||
Underweight | 106 (0.8) | 6 (5.0) | |
Normal | 3529 (28.1) | 76 (62.8) | |
Overweight | 5388 (42.9) | 34 (28.1) | |
Obese | 3543 (28.2) | 5 (4.1) |