Correlates of the incidence of disability and mortality among older adult Brazilians with and without diabetes mellitus and stroke

Table 1 Characteristics at baseline by diabetes and stroke status, SABE, São Paulo, 2000 (weighted estimates)

	Total		No diabetes, no stroke		Diabetes, no stroke		Stroke, no diabetes		Diabetes and stroke
	(n=2054)	%	(n=1562)	%	(n=330)	%	(n=119)	%	(n=43)	%	p-value^a
Age group (years)											0.398
60-74	1102	78.1	838	78.1	186	80.0	57	73.3	21	78.6
75+	952	21.9	724	21.9	144	20.0	62	26.7	22	21.4
Gender											0.033
Male	845	41.5	638	41.0	124	39.2	62	54.7	21	41.8
Female	1209	58.5	924	59.0	206	60.8	57	45.3	22	58.2
Marital status											0.392
Married	1082	57.4	810	57.1	182	58.5	63	55.5	27	67.0
Unmarried	972	42.6	752	42.9	148	41.5	56	44.5	16	33.0
Level of education											0.023
Illiterate	509	21.4	369	20.2	84	21.8	41	33.8	15	32.9
Literate	1545	78.6	1193	79.8	246	78.2	78	66.2	28	67.1
Never smoked	1106	52.1	846	52.3	184	52.8	53	47.0	23	51.4	0.195
High blood pressure	1107	53.5	736	47.3	251	74.2	84	68.7	36	82.3	<0.001
Had heart attack	444	19.7	299	17.0	86	25.7	46	39.3	13	19.1	<0.001
Had cancer	75	3.3	54	3.2	14	3.7	7	5.0	0	0.0	0.283
Had arthritis	691	32.3	526	32.0	118	35.3	31	25.3	16	37.9	0.264
Fair/poor health	1133	53.8	783	48.1	228	70.1	89	76.7	33	75.5	<0.001
ADL limitations	483	19.0	323	16.4	73	19.3	58	40.8	29	61.8	<0.001
Severe ADL limitations	169	5.6	89	3.5	22	5.5	36	24.7	22	41.9	<0.001
Receives assistance with ADL	205	7.4	113	5.2	25	6.2	43	28.3	24	48.5	<0.001

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