Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the ELSA project participants’ in relation to 10-year all-cause mortality status (n = 10,906)
10-year all-cause mortality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alive | Dead | p | ||
Age at baseline | Years, mean ±SDa | 61 ± 10 | 75 ± 10 | < 0.001 |
Gender | Women, n (%) | 4647 (81%) | 1094 (19%) | < 0.001 |
Men, n (%) | 3635 (75%) | 1191 (25%) | ||
Education qualification | Low, n (%) | 3726 (45%) | 1595 (70%) | < 0.001 |
Moderate, n (%) | 2303 (28%) | 323 (14%) | ||
High, n (%) | 2249 (27%) | 363 (16%) | ||
Household wealth | Low, n (%) | 2658 (35%) | 1213 (54%) | < 0.001 |
Moderate, n (%) | 1543 (21%) | 403 (18%) | ||
High, n (%) | 3341 (44%) | 630 (28%) | ||
Smoking habits | Never smoker, n (%) | 3144 (38%) | 616 (27%) | < 0.001 |
Former smoker, n (%) | 3661 (44%) | 1213 (53%) | ||
Current smoker, n (%) | 1477 (18%) | 455 (20%) | ||
Physical activity | Inactive, n (%) | 412 (5%) | 476 (21%) | < 0.001 |
Moderate, n (%) | 793 (10%) | 332 (14%) | ||
Vigorous, n (%) | 7077 (85%) | 1476 (65%) | ||
Alcohol consumption | Never, n (%) | 780 (9%) | 447 (20%) | < 0.001 |
Twice a week or less, n (%) | 5110 (62%) | 1234 (54%) | ||
More than twice a week, n (%) | 2389 (29%) | 603 (26%) | ||
Health metric scoreb (0–100) | Wave 1 (2002), mean ± SD | 70 ± 11 | 60 ± 16 | < 0.001 |
Wave 2 (2004), mean ± SD | 70 ± 11 | 60 ± 16 | < 0.001 | |
Wave 3 (2006), mean ± SD | 68 ± 12 | 55 ± 17 | < 0.001 | |
Wave 4 (2008), mean ± SD | 65 ± 12 | 51 ± 16 | < 0.001 | |
Wave 5 (2010), mean ± SD | 68 ± 13 | 45 ± 19 | < 0.001 | |
Wave 6 (2012), mean ± SD | 65 ± 14 | 40 ± 38 | 0.014 | |