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Table 2 Distribution of baseline characteristics among men and women according to their perceived loneliness status (N = 512)

From: Cardiovascular and all-cause mortality attributable to loneliness in older Swedish men and women

 

Men

N = 240

Women

N = 272

Lonely

N = 41

Not lonely

N = 199

p-value

Lonely

N = 84

Not lonely

N = 188

p-value

Current perceived economic situation

 Good

47.5 (19)

77.7 (150)

 

48.8 (39)

72.2 (132)

 

 Average

27.5 (11)

15.6 (30)

 

38.8 (31)

17.8 (32)

 

 Poor

25.0 (10)

6.7 (13)

0.000

12.5 (10)

10.0 (18)

0.001

Living alone

52.5 (21)

9.1 (18)

0.000

60.8 (48)

39.2 (71)

0.001

Smoking status:

 Never smoker

22.0 (9)

33.3 (66)

 

51.2 (42)

62.5 (115)

 

 Previous smoker

53.6 (22)

53.5 (106)

 

25.6 (21)

23.9 (44)

 

 Current smoker

24.4 (10)

13.2 (26)

0.119

23.2 (19)

13.6 (25)

0.109

Physical activity:

 Regular

38.5 (15)

64.4 (125)

 

32.5 (25)

35.8 (63)

 

 Inactive

61.5 (24)

35.6 (69)

0.003

67.5 (52)

64.2 (113)

0.609

BMI

27.13 ± 3.49

26.88 ± 3.95

0.704

26.63 ± 4.04

27.22 ± 4.69

0.330

Alcohol (gm/per week)

51.18 ± 64.61

76.29 ± 108.27

0.071

25.69 ± 31.14

34.03 ± 52.14

0.228

Health related variables:

 SBP (mm Hg)

151.97 ± 22.46

157.71 ± 20.40

0.146

151.43 ± 23.85

153.70 ± 22.07

0.504

 DBP (mm Hg)

84.76 ± 8.94

87.81 ± 9.95

0.103

85.40 ± 11.85

84.36 ± 10.47

0.517

 Triglyceride (mmol/l)

1.30 + 0.54

1.39 ± 0.57

0.386

1.40 ± 0.56

1.41 ± 0.85

0.995

 Diabetes

12.2 (5)

11.2 (22)

0.850

11.5 (9)

9.0 (16)

0.536

 CHD

17.1 (7)

10.7 (21)

0.246

5.0 (4)

5.5 (10)

0.877

 Stroke

2.4 (1)

5.1 (10)

9.8 (8)

7.0 (13)

0.445

 Cancer

12.2 (5)

15.3 (30)

0.610

18.2 (14)

12.6 (22)

0.248

 Chronic bronchitis

19.5 (8)

13.2 (26)

0.293

25.6 (20)

15.2 (27)

0.046

 Arthritis

17.1 (7)

17.3 (34)

0.966

34.6 (27)

31.8 (56)

0.661

 ADL disability

17.9 (7)

9.2 (17)

0.108

14.9 (11)

10.6 (18)

0.343

Depression:

 No

68.4 (26)

95.7 (180)

 

61.3 (49)

92.8 (168)

 

 Minor

21.1 (8)

4.3 (8)

 

25.0 (20)

5.5 (10)

 

 Major

10.5 (4)

0

0.000

13.8 (11)

1.7 (3)

0.000

  1. Values presented in this table are mean ± SD or percentage with number of subjects in parenthesis
  2. BMI Body mass index (wt in kg/ht. in m2), SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, CHD Coronary heart disease