Table 1 Characteristics of the men according to physical functioning trajectories during retirement (proportion and percent unless stated otherwise)
From: Retirement as a predictor of physical functioning trajectories among older businessmen
Physical functioning trajectories | P-valuea | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intact n = 147 | High stable n = 551 | High and declining n = 504 | Intermediate and declining n = 406 | Consistently low n = 101 | ||
Old-age characteristics, assessed in the year 2000 | ||||||
Age, average years (SD) | 71.0 (3.5) | 72.4 (3.8) | 73.7 (3.9) | 74.3 (4.1) | 74.8 (4.0) | < 0.001 |
Smoking status, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||||
Never smoker | 73 (50.0) | 227 (41.2) | 170 (33.7) | 134 (33.0) | 26 (25.7) | |
Ex-smoker | 66 (45.2) | 282 (51.2) | 292 (57.9) | 223 (54.9) | 63 (62.4) | |
Current smoker | 7 (4.8) | 42 (7.6) | 42 (8.3) | 49 (12.1) | 12 (11.9) | |
Alcohol consumption, n (%) | 0.007 | |||||
None | 54 (36.7) | 167 (30.3) | 181 (35.9) | 159 (39.2) | 49 (48.5) | |
Light | 57 (38.8) | 185 (33.6) | 164 (32.5) | 117 (28.8) | 27 (26.7) | |
Moderate | 22 (15.0) | 108 (19.6) | 92 (18.3) | 62 (15.3) | 10 (9.9) | |
High | 14 (9.5) | 91 (16.5) | 67 (13.3) | 68 (16.7) | 15 (14.9) | |
LTPA, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||||
Low | 2 (1.5) | 16 (3.5) | 18 (4.4) | 13 (4.9) | 9 (25.0) | |
Moderate | 72 (54.5) | 247 (53.5) | 249 (61.0) | 174 (65.9) | 22 (61.1) | |
High | 58 (43.9) | 199 (43.1) | 141 (34.6) | 77 (29.2) | 5 (13.9) | |
Diabetes, n (%) | 5 (3.4) | 31 (5.6) | 49 (9.7) | 57 (14.0) | 35 (34.7) | < 0.001 |
CVD, n (%) | 47 (32.0) | 299 (54.3) | 340 (67.5) | 298 (73.4) | 87 (86.1) | < 0.001 |
Retirement characteristics | ||||||
Age at retirement, average years (SD) | 61.5 (4.6) | 61.5 (4.4) | 61.1 (4.0) | 60.9 (4.5) | 59.9 (5.4) | 0.020 |
Type of pension benefit | < 0.001 | |||||
Old age | 59 (40.1) | 211 (38.3) | 186 (36.9) | 142 (35.0) | 34 (33.7) | |
Early old age | 23 (15.6) | 122 (22.1) | 122 (24.2) | 91 (22.4) | 17 (16.8) | |
Individual retirement package | 27 (18.4) | 130 (23.6) | 88 (17.5) | 67 (16.5) | 11 (10.9) | |
Unemployment | 27 (18.4) | 38 (6.9) | 39 (7.7) | 20 (4.9) | 5 (5.0) | |
Disability | 11 (7.5) | 50 (9.1) | 69 (13.7) | 86 (21.2) | 34 (33.7) | |
Mortality, assessed between years 2000–2010 | ||||||
Died, n (%) | 22 (15.0) | 117 (21.2) | 156 (31.0) | 222 (54.7) | 84 (83.2) | < 0.001 |