Table 1 Participant characteristics of the study cohort comprising 3055, 70-year-old men and women who participated in the Healthy Ageing Initiative during May 2012–October 2017
Age, years | 70.5 (0.1) |
Female sex, n (%) | 1589 (52.0) |
Currently smoking, n (%) | 119 (3.9) |
Body mass index, kg/m2 | 26.2 (4.0) |
Waist circumference, cm | 93 (12) |
Visceral adipose tissue, grams | 1423 (921) |
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 139 (17) |
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | 82 (9) |
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/l | 3.4 (1.0) |
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/l | 1.6 (0.5) |
Total cholesterol, mmol/l | 5.6 (1.2) |
Triglycerides, mmol/l | 1.3 (0.6) |
Fasting blood glucose, mmol/l | 5.5 (0.8) |
Steps/day | 7193 (3072) |
Sedentary time, hours/day | 8.8 (1.3) |
Annual disposable income at age 60, 1000 Swedish kronor | 246 (176) |
Missing data, n | 0 |
Education,a n (%) | |
Primary | 524 (17.2) |
Secondary | 1231 (40.3) |
Post-secondary | 1296 (42.5) |
Missing data, n | 4 |
Marital status,a n (%) | |
Married | 2036 (66.6) |
Never married | 253 (8.3) |
Widowed | 240 (7.9) |
Divorced | 526 (17.2) |
Missing data, n | 0 |
Diagnoses, n (%) | |
Stroke | 98 (3.2) |
Myocardial infarction | 119 (3.9) |
Angina pectoris | 205 (6.7) |
Fracture | 487 (15.9) |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 65 (2.1) |
Renal failure | 23 (0.8) |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 50 (1.6) |
Parkinson’s disease | 21 (0.7) |
Depression | 601 (19.7) |
Alcohol intoxication | 26 (0.9) |
Cancer | 562 (18.4) |
Prescribed drugsb, n (%) | |
Antihypertensives | 1649 (54.0) |
Lipid-lowering agents | 1160 (38.0) |
Anticoagulants | 1091 (35.7) |
Hypnotics | 805 (26.4) |
Sedatives | 314 (10.3) |
Immunosuppressants | 91 (3.0) |