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Table 1 Baseline characteristics, mobility limitation, and work ability in year 1985 according to type of retirement for all participants (percentages unless stated otherwise)

From: Midlife work ability and mobility limitation in old age among non-disability and disability retirees - a prospective study

 

All participants n = 4329

Non-disability retirement n = 2870

Disability retirement, All causes n = 1459

Disability retirement, Musculoskel. n = 714

Disability retirement, Cardiovascular n = 268

Disability retirement, Mental disor. n = 208

Disability retirement Others n = 269

Baseline age (mean, SD)

50.1 (3.4)

51.1 (3.5)

49.5 (3.0)

49.5 (3.1)

49.5 (2.9)

48.9 (2.9)

49.5 (3.1)

Married/cohabiting (vs. single)

76

74

80

81

87

68

80

Men

42

39

48

43

68

35

53

Occupational class

       

 Upper white-collars

24

25

20

12

20

40

27

 Lower white-collars

36

39

28

31

24

37

25

 Blue-collars

40

35

51

57

56

23

48

Musculoskeletal disease

37

33

47

56

38

35

40

Cardiovascular disease

20

17

25

22

42

21

19

Metabolic disease

6

5

8

7

8

9

7

Mental disorder

2

1

3

2

0

8

3

Cancer

1

4

6

6

4

7

5

Never smoked

58

62

52

54

45

62

48

Alcohol consumption ≥ 1 per week

9

8

12

12

15

10

8

Vigorous physical activity ≥ 1 per week

50

53

44

43

46

42

47

Mobility limitation (Incidence Rate, 95 % CIs) a

0.51 (0.51–0.52)

0.45 (0.44–0.46)

0.65 (0.63–0.66)

0.66 (0.64–0.68)

0.67 (0.64–0.71)

0.54 (0.51–0.58)

0.66 (0.63–0.70)

Age at last mobility limitation measurement, (mean, SD)

73.1 (7.1)

74.1 (6.8)

71.2 (7.4)

71.5 (7.4)

70.4 (7.7)

71.8 (7.3)

70.5 (7.2)

Work ability in 1985, (mean, SD)

6.8 (2.2)

7.4 (1.6)

5.8 (2.7)

5.7 (2.6)

5.5 (2.9)

5.9 (2.7)

5.9 (2.7)

Mortality during follow-up (Incidence Rate, 95 % CIs)b

3.26 (3.07–3.46)

4.04 (3.68–4.43)

2.87 (2.66–3.10)

3.42 (2.97–3.95)

5.52 (4.58–6.65)

3.31 (2.53–4.34)

4.81 (3.95–5.87)

  1. SD standard deviation, aIncidence Rate (IR), number of limitation per 10 person-years, bNumber of deaths per 1000 person-year