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Table 3 Characteristics associated with healthy aging status

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

 

Healthy Agersa

n=887

Non-Healthy Agersa

n=1236

p-value†

Multivariate model±

OR (95%CI)

p-value

Age, years

74.0 (3.8)

75.5 (4.7)

< .0001

0.95 (0.93,0.98)

.0001

Women [%]

61.3%

61.6%

0.88

1.36 (1.03,1.81)

0.0319

Education, years

13.4 (3.5)

12.1 (4.7)

< .0001

1.02 (0.99,1.05)

0.233

Prior fall [%]

38.9%

42.6%

0.03

0.87 (0.72,1.07)

0.1813

BMI, Kg/m2

25.3 (3.8)

27.1 (4.4)

< .0001

0.94 (0.91,0.96)

< .0001

Gait speed, m/s

 Men

1.20 (0.20)

1.12 (0.23)

< .0001

4.70 (2.68,8.25)

< .0001

 Women

1.18 (0.20)

1.04 (0.24)

< .0001

Grip strength, KPa

 Men

79.0 (15.7)

73.4 (17.5)

< .0001

1.01 (1.00,1.01)

0.2655

 Women

53.2 (10.5)

48.9 (12.3)

< .0001

Sit-to-stand, s

 Men

10.0 (2.9)

12.1 (4.5)

< .0001

0.90 (0.87,0.93)

< .0001

 Women

10.3 (2.7)

13.1 (4.9)

< .0001

  1. aValues are means and SE unless noted. † p-values are from T-tests or X2 tests
  2. ±Variables in the multivariate model are adjusted for each other and for center