Table 3 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) main cohort studies
From: Prospective GERiatric Observational (ProGERO) study: cohort design and preliminary results
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics | LMICs cohort studies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ProGERO | ELSI-Brazil | SABE | MHAS | CHARLS | |
Country | Brazil | Brazil | Brazil | Mexico | China |
Total participants | 1336 (≥ 60 years) | 9412 (≥ 50 years) | 2143 (≥ 60 years) | 15,186 (≥ 50 years) | 17,708 (≥ 45 years) |
Year of Baseline Assessment | 2017 | 2015–2016 | 2000 | 2001 | 2011–2012 |
Age (years) | Mean (SD): 82.2 (7.58) | Mean (CI): 62.9 (62.1–63.8) | Mean (range): 68 (60–100) | Mean (SD): Men: 62.3 (9.59); Women: 62.3 (9.67) | Mean (SD): Men: 59.8 (0.24); Women: 59.6 (0.29) |
Female, % | 70.2 | 54.0 | 58.6 | 53.3 | 49.4 |
Marital status, % | |||||
Widowed | 52.3 | 14.7 | 62.9 | Men: 10.8; Women: 27.5 | 20.6 |
Married | 34.2 | 63.5 | 30.0 | Men: 78.8; Women: 55.4 | 77.2 |
Single/ Divorced | 13.5 | 21.8 | 7.1 | Men: 10.4; Women: 17.1 | 2.2 |
Hypertension, % | 80.8 | 63.2 | 53.3 | Men: 26.4; Women: 44.1 | 32.1 |
Diabetes, % | 35.7 | 15.8 | 17.6 | Men: 12.5; Women: 16.7 | 7.2 |
Cardiovascular disease, % | 19.6 | 11.7 | 19.5 | Men: 2.6; Women: 2.9 | 16.3 |
Cerebrovascular disease, % | 19.9 | 5.3 | 8.2 | Men: 2.6; Women: 2.6 | 3.1 |
Cancer, % | 14.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | Men: 1.2; Women: 2.5 | 0.9 |
Difficulty in at least 1 ADL, % | 58.9 | 23.2 | 22.1 | Men: 8.6; Women: 10.8 | 18.8 |
Frailty, % | 31.4 | 9 | 8.5 | 24.9 | 7.0 |