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Table 1 Demographics of study participants (n/%, unless other stated)

From: The association between chronic venous disease and measures of physical performance in older people: a population-based study

 

Alla

n=552

Males

n=206

Females n=346

p-value

Sex1

   

<0.001

 Men

206 (37.3%)

206 (100%)

0 (0.00%)

 

  Women

346 (62.7%)

0 (0.00%)

346 (100%)

 

Ethnicity (white)

552 (100.0%)

206 (100%)

346 (100%)

<0.001

Living status1

   

<0.001

  Living alone

164 (29.9%)

29 (14.1%)

135 (39.2%)

 

  Living with spouse or other family member

385 (70.1%)

176 (85.9%)

209 (60.8%)

 

Education1

   

0.105

  No education/primary school

104 (21.4%)

31 (16.5%)

73 (24.4%)

 

  Secondary school

193 (39.6%)

77 (41.0%)

116 (38.8%)

 

  Post-secondary level education/vocational college/university

190 (39.0%)

80 (42.6%)

110 (36.8%)

 

Age (years), mean (SD)2

78.4 (4.18)

79.2 (3.71)

78.0 (4.38)

0.001

Age ranges1

   

0.001

  70-75

108 (19.6%)

22 (10.7%)

86 (24.9%)

 

  75-80

234 (42.4%)

95 (46.1%)

139 (40.2%)

 

  80-85

162 (29.3%)

71 (34.5%)

91 (26.3%)

 

  85-90

43 (7.79%)

16 (7.77%)

27 (7.80%)

 

  90-93

5 (0.91%)

2 (0.97%)

3 (0.87%)

 

Systolic blood pressure, (mmHg), mean (SD)2

142 (21.3)

142 (21.7)

142 (21.1)

0.757

Diastolic blood pressure, (mmHg), mean (SD)2

82.7 (11.2)

80.6 (10.9)

83.9 (11.2)

0.001

Weight (kg), mean (SD)2

72.3 (13.1)

80.2 (13.1)

68.0 (11.0)

<0.001

Body mass index, BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)2

27.3 (4.28)

26.9 (3.63)

27.5 (4.61)

0.104

Number of children (females), mean

3.02 (2.01)

. (.)

3.02 (2.01)

.

Total SPPB score, mean (SD)2

10.0 (1.86)

10.3 (1.60)

9.87 (1.99)

0.011

10 m walk test, seconds, mean (SD)2

8.86 (2.08)

8.67 (1.98)

8.97 (2.13)

0.108

History of venous interventions1

   

0.330

  No

491 (94.2%)

183 (95.8%)

308 (93.3%)

 

  Yes

30 (5.76%)

8 (4.19%)

22 (6.67%)

 

History of deep venous thrombosis1

   

1.000

  No

525 (97.4%)

192 (97.5%)

333 (97.4%)

 

  Yes

14(2.60%)

5 (2.54%)

9 (2.60%)

1.000

Hip fraction1

7(1.27%)

4(1.94%)

3(0.87%)

0.433

Body composition measurements:2

    

Body mass index (kg/m2), mean (SD)

27.0 (4.03)

26.9 (3.74)

27.1 (4.19)

0.689

  Body fat mass (kg), mean (SD)

25.6 (8.64)

23.5 (8.84)

26.7 (8.33)

0.001

  Fat free mass (kg), mean (SD)

46.7 (9.22)

56.8 (6.74)

41.2 (4.65)

<0.001

  Percentage body fat (%),mean (SD)

35.0 (8.41)

28.5 (6.91)

38.5 (6.92)

<0.001

  Skeletal muscle mass (kg), mean (SD)

25.0 (5.75)

31.1 (3.95)

22.0 (2.75)

<0.001

  Percentage skeletal muscle mass (%), mean (SD)

34.8 (5.57)

39.2 (3.81)

32.7 (3.69)

<0.001

  Muscle fat ratio, mean (SD)

111 (52.2)

150 (58.3)

90.2 (31.2)

<0.001

  1. aThere is some missing data because all did not answer to questionnaires or denied the use of data afterwards
  2. 1 Statistical analyses performed by Chi-Square test
  3. 2 Statistical analyses performed by T-test