Table 3 Physical characteristics, education level, and self-reported health of the study sample (n = 560) by age and sex
65–69 yr | 70–74 yr | 75–79 yr | 80–85 yr | All | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men |
N | 127 | 116 | 67 | 79 | 51 | 55 | 37 | 28 | 282 | 278 |
Age (yr)a | 71.8 (5.6) | 71.7 (5.2) | ||||||||
Height (cm)a | 164.1 (5.4) | 178.1 (5.9)* | 163.4 (5.1) | 177.1 (6.8)* | 163.3 (5.0) | 175.9 (8.5)* | 163.8 (6.3) | 175.4 (5.0)* | 163.8 (5.4) | 177.1 (6.7)* |
Body mass (kg)a | 67.8 (10.5) | 84.7 (11.5)* | 65.5 (10.4) | 80.0 (11.9)* | 63.4 (7.5) | 77.2 (11.2)* | 67.4 (11.1) | 76.1 (10.5)* | 66.4 (10.2) | 81.0 (11.9)* |
BMI (kg/m2)a | 25.1 (3.7) | 26.7 (3.0)* | 24.5 (3.9) | 25.4 (3.2) | 23.8 (2.6) | 25.0 (3.2)* | 25.1 (3.5) | 24.7 (2.9) | 24.7 (3.6) | 25.8 (3.2)* |
Education level (%) | ||||||||||
Less than high school | 38.8 | 28.1 | 37.3 | 38.0 | 42.0 | 25.9 | 26.8 | 38.7 | 37.3 | 31.6 |
High school | 35.7 | 35.5 | 41.8 | 31.6 | 32.0 | 40.7 | 34.1 | 38.7 | 36.2 | 35.8 |
University <4 yr | 10.9 | 20.7 | 11.9 | 20.3 | 20.0 | 16.7 | 24.4 | 9.7 | 14.6 | 18.6 |
University ≥4 yr | 14.7 | 15.7 | 9.0 | 10.1 | 6.0 | 16.7 | 14.6 | 12.9 | 11.8 | 14.0 |
Self-reported health (%) | ||||||||||
Very good | 22.3 | 16.3 | 20.9 | 23.5 | 9.8 | 10.9 | 14.3 | 18.8 | 18.6 | 17.5 |
Good | 56.2 | 53.7 | 56.7 | 49.4 | 62.7 | 54.5 | 45.2 | 40.6 | 55.9 | 51.2 |
Either good or bad | 19.2 | 27.6 | 19.4 | 27.2 | 23.5 | 27.3 | 31.0 | 31.3 | 21.7 | 27.8 |
Poor/very poor | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 |