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Table 1 Participant characteristics and raw mean scores of disability development at 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20 years prior to death

From: Disability trajectories prior to death for ten leading causes of death among middle-aged and older adults in Taiwan

 

Ten leading causes of death

malignant tumor

Heart disease

pneumonia

cerebrovascular disease

diabetes

injury

chronic lower respiratory disease

hypertension-related diseases

kidney disease

chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis

N

717

393

217

333

236

94

170

93

106

72

age

77.51±8.28

81.90±8.20

83.78±8.25

80.41±8.15

78.00±5.81

76.47±8.58

82.97±6.77

83.06±8.12

80.39±7.52

75.26±9.34

Sex

Male, N(%)

467(65.13)

208(52.93)

147(67.74)

184(55.26)

89(37.71)

66(70.21)

129(75.88)

41(44.09)

49(46.23)

45(62.50)

Female, N(%)

250(34.87)

185(47.07)

70(32.26)

149(44.74)

147(62.29)

28(29.79)

41(24.12)

52(55.91)

57(53.77)

27(37.50)

ADL(0-6)Raw data

1styear before death

1.06±2.04

1.62±2.43

2.81±2.72

3.25±2.86

3.07±2.77

0.31±1.19

2.03±2.48

2.90±2.87

2.48±2.71

0.69±1.74

5thyear before death

0.27±1.07

0.86±1.80

0.77±1.59

1.28±2.32

1.41±2.38

0.17±0.82

0.76±1.83

1.07±2.07

1.64±2.36

0.73±1.85

10thyear before death

0.05±0.37

0.35±1.23

0.26±1.12

0.07±0.45

0.50±1.35

0.43±1.60

0.88±2.09

0±0

(0-0)

0.56±1.38

0±0

15thyear before death

0±0

0±0

0.39±1.37

0.29±1.08

0.45±1.28

0±0

0±0

0±0

0±0

0±0

20thyear before death

0±0

0±0

0±0

0±0

0±0

0±0

0±0

0±0

0±0

0±0

  1. Note: The timing of the ADL scores was coded to reflect the number of years before death (-20~0). In this table, we centered time to 0.The intercept (time=-20) thus represents 20 years before death