Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants
Less-working (n = 162) | Moderate-working (n = 166) | Frequent-working (n = 203) | p-value | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | ( | % | ) | n | ( | % | ) | n | ( | % | ) | |||||
Age | Median (25 − 75%) | 73.0 | ( | 69.8–76.0 | ) | 73.0 | ( | 69.0-75.3 | ) | 73.0 | ( | 70.0–75.0 | ) | n.s | ||
Sex | Male | 107 | ( | 66.0 | ) | 117 | ( | 70.5 | ) | 161 | ( | 79.3 | ) | 0.015 | ||
Working for financial reward | Yes | 16 | ( | 9.9 | ) | 13 | ( | 7.8 | ) | 18 | ( | 8.9 | ) | n.s | ||
Years of membership | Median (25 − 75%) | 7.3 | ( | 4.5–11.5 | ) | 7.0 | ( | 4.2–10.9 | ) | 7.7 | ( | 4.8–10.8 | ) | n.s | ||
Community activities | Yes | 105 | ( | 64.8 | ) | 91 | ( | 54.8 | ) | 96 | ( | 47.3 | ) | 0.004 | ||
Health status at baseline | ||||||||||||||||
Physical dysfunction | 15 | ( | 9.3 | ) | 10 | ( | 6.0 | ) | 20 | ( | 9.9 | ) | n.s | |||
Malnutrition | 3 | ( | 1.9 | ) | 3 | ( | 1.8 | ) | 1 | ( | 0.5 | ) | n.s | |||
Oral dysfunction | 36 | ( | 22.2 | ) | 33 | ( | 19.9 | ) | 51 | ( | 25.1 | ) | n.s | |||
Cognitive dysfunction | 53 | ( | 32.7 | ) | 55 | ( | 33.1 | ) | 59 | ( | 29.1 | ) | n.s | |||
House-boundness | 1 | ( | 0.6 | ) | 1 | ( | 0.6 | ) | 2 | ( | 1.0 | ) | n.s | |||
Depression | 63 | ( | 38.9 | ) | 58 | ( | 34.9 | ) | 61 | ( | 30.0 | ) | n.s | |||