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Table 2 Characteristics of participants by country

From: Prevalence of healthy aging among community dwelling adults age 70 and older from five European countries

 

Total

Austria

France

Germany

Portugal

Switzerland

 

(n=2123)

(n=199)

(n=281)

(n=348)

(n=297)

(n=998)

Age, years

74.9 (4.4)

74.1 (4.1)

75.2 (4.3)

73.3 (2.7)

76 (5)

75.1 (4.6)

Women, N (%)

1306 (61.5%)

102 (51.3)

165 (58.7)

246 (70.7)

189 (63.6)

604 (60.5)

BMI, kg/m2

 Men

26.6 (3.5)

25.5 (3.3)

26.8 (3.2)

26.7 (3)

28 (3.5)

26.4 (3.6)

 Women

26.2 (4.7)

25 (4.4)

25.1 (4.3)

26.9 (4.7)

29.1 (4.4)

25.5 (4.5)

Mean number of comorbidities

1.7 (1.4)

1.5 (1.3)

2.0 (1.4)

1.7 (1.3)

2.6 (1.7)

1.4 (1.2)

MoCA score

25.7 (3.3)

26.9 (2.5)

27 (2.3)

25.3 (2.3)

21.9 (4.3)

26.3 (2.8)

GDS-5 score

1.8 (2.3)

1.3 (1.4)

2.4 (2.4)

1.2 (1.5)

4.1 (3.6)

1.2 (1.6)

Education, years

12.7 (4.3)

12 (3.7)

13.3 (3.9)

14.5 (3.3)

7.9 (5.4)

13.4 (3.4)

Prior fall, N (%)

884 (41.6)

98 (49.3)

118 (42)

124 (35.6)

120 (40.4)

424 (42.5)

Sit-to-stand, s

 Men

11.2 (4)

8.8 (2.9)

13.5 (3.3)

9.5 (2.1)

15.6 (5.7)

10.4 (2.9)

 Women

11.9 (4.3)

10.2 (3.0)

14.4 (4.2)

9.3 (2.3)

17 (5.6)

11.0 (3.0)

Gait speed, m/s

 Men

1.15 (0.22)

1.17 (0.22)

1.14 (0.22)

1.31 (0.18)

1.10 (0.23)

1.12 (0.22)

 Women

1.10 (0.23)

1.12 (0.22)

1.06 (0.19)

1.26 (0.2)

0.93 (0.23)

1.09 (0.21)

  1. Values are means and standard deviations unless otherwise noted. Y years, BMI Body Mass Index, MoCA Montreal cognitive Assessment, GDS-5 = Geriatric Depression Scale short form, s = seconds, m/s = meters per second