Table 1 Characteristics of residents in care homes in Greenland

Number of residents

64

102

78

244

Gender (%), males

26 (40.6)

33 (32.4)

33 (42.3)

92 (37.7)

Age at time of study, years

Median (IQR)

75.5 (66;82.5)

78 (71;82)

77 (71;83)

77 (70;82)

 Males

66 (62;74)

72 (68;76.5)

75 (69;83)

71 (66;77)

 Females

80 (74;84) ^e**

80 (75;83) ^e**

78 (74;83)

79.5 (74;84) ^d**

Age at admission, years

Median (IQR)

70 (63.5;78)

75 (68;80)

74 (67;79)

73.5 (66;79)

 Males

65 (59;71)

69.5 (62;73.5)

70 (65;77)

69 (62;75)

 Females

77.5 (69;81) ^e**

78 (71;80) ^e**

75 (69;79)

77 (70;80) ^d**

Age at admission (%)

 <65 years

17 (26.6) ^a*

13 (12.9)

13 (16.7)

43 (17.7)

 65–69 years

13 (20.3)

16 (15.8)

16 (20.5)

43 (17.7)

 70–74 years

8 (12.5)

18 (17.8)

14 (18.0)

40 (16.5)

 75–79 years

15 (23.4)

26 (25.7)

20 (25.6)

61 (25.1)

 80–84 years

5 (7.8)

18 (17.8)

11 (14.1)

34 (14.0)

 85 + years

6 (9.4)

10 (9.9)

6 (7.7)

22 (9.0)

Length of stay at time of study, months

Median (IQR)

28 (12.5;55.0)

18 (12.0;47.0) ^c*

48 (16.0;72.0)

26.5 (13.0;59.0)

BMI

Median (IQR)

21.4 (14.0;28.7)

25.6 (20.7;32.8)

25.5 (21.9;30.1)

25.6 (21.3;31.0)

 Mother born in Greenland (%)

No data

93 (97.9)

78 (100.0)

171 (98.3)

 Father born in Greenland (%)

No data

92 (97.9)

77 (98.7)

169 (97.7)

Smoking (%), cigarettes per day

 Never

22 (34.9)

24 (24.7)

29 (37.7)

75 (31.7)

 Previous

17 (27.0)

28 (28.9) ^c*

11 (14.3)

56 (23.6)

 1–10

10 (15.9)

34 (35.1) ^a**

23 (29.9)

67 (28.3)

 11–19

9 (14.3)

9 (9.3)

13 (16.9)

31 (13.1)

 20+

5 (7.9)

2 (2.1)

1 (1.3)

8 (3.4)

Alcohol (%), drinks per week

 Never

19 (30.6) ^a*^{, b}*

49 (51.0)

40 (52.6)

108 (46.2)

 0–7

35 (56.5)

39 (40.6)

31 (40.8)

105 (44.9)

 8–14

7 (11.3)

7 (7.3)

4 (5.3)

18 (7.7)

 15–20

1 (1.6)

1 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.9)

 21+

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.3)

1 (0.4)