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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of study participants (n = 1153)

From: A practical laboratory index to predict institutionalization and mortality – an 18-year population-based follow-up study

  n (%)
Age, mean (SD), range 73.6 (6.8), 64–100
Age
 64–74 720 (62)
 75–84 334 (29)
  ≥ 85 99 (9)
Women 663 (58)
Living alone 344 (30)
Education
 More than basica or basic 103 (9)
 Less than basic 1050 (91)
MMSE ≤26 323 (28)
Body mass index, kg/m2
  < 20 68 (6)
 20–24.9 317 (28)
 25–29.9 498 (43)
 30–34.9 206 (18)
  ≥ 35 61 (5)
Number of prescribed medicines
  < 5 855 (74)
 5–7 207 (18)
 8–9 66 (6)
  ≥ 10 25 (2)
  1. aSix years of elementary school