|
Characteristic
|
Value Responders (n = 5007)
|
Value Non-responders (n = 1514)
|
p value
|
|---|
|
Age mean (SD)
|
74.9
|
73.4
|
<0.0001
|
|
Sex
| | | |
|
Male (%)
|
76.9
|
23.1
|
0.8416
|
|
Female (%)
|
76.7
|
23.3
| |
|
Education mean (SD)
|
10.7
|
10.7
|
0.8164
|
|
Region
| | | |
|
Atlantic (%)
|
71.6
|
28.4
| |
|
Quebec (%)
|
78.9
|
21.1
|
<0.0001
|
|
Ontario (%)
|
69.4
|
30.6
| |
|
Prairies (%)
|
70.1
|
29.9
| |
|
BC (%)
|
92.1
|
7.9
| |
|
Current Marital Status
| | | |
|
Not married (%)
|
77.1
|
22.9
|
0.5742
|
|
Married (%)
|
76.5
|
23.5
| |
|
Smoker
| | | |
|
No (%)
|
78.0
|
22.0
|
0.1888
|
|
Yes (%)
|
76.6
|
23.4
| |
|
Alcohol
| | | |
|
No (%)
|
82.4
|
17.6
|
<0.0001
|
|
Yes (%)
|
75.8
|
24.2
| |
|
Self-Rated Health
| | | |
|
Not Good/Very Poor (%)
|
82.4
|
17.6
|
<0.0001
|
|
Very/Pretty Good (%)
|
75.8
|
24.2
| |
|
Regular Exercise
| | | |
|
No (%)
|
77.8
|
22.2
|
0.6263
|
|
Yes(%)
|
77.3
|
22.7
| |
|
MMMSE mean (sd)
|
89.6
|
90.1
|
0.0071
|
|
No. of comorbidities mean (sd)
|
2.5
|
2.1
|
<0.0001
|
|
Geography
| | | |
|
Urban (%)
|
77.7
|
22.3
|
<0.0001
|
|
Rural (%)
|
70.7
|
29.3
| |
- SARFQ = Self-Administered Risk Factor Questionnaire in the Canadian Study of Health and Aging
