Preretirement characteristics of the four developmental health trajectories in FPS and FIREA
| FPS (n=5776) | FIREA (n=2796) | |||||||||
| Sustained good health | From good to suboptimal health | From suboptimal to good health | Sustained suboptimal health | P value | Sustained good health | From good to suboptimal health | From suboptimal to good health | Sustained suboptimal health | P value | |
| n (%) | 2718 (47) | 1099 (19) | 791 (14) | 1168 (20) | 2055 (74) | 179 (6) | 223 (8) | 339 (12) | ||
| Age at retirement, mean (SD) | 61.9 (2.0) | 62.0 (2.0) | 61.8 (2.0) | 61.9 (1.9) | 0.08 | 63.9 (1.4) | 63.7 (1.3) | 63.4 (1.3) | 63.6 (1.2) | <0.0001 |
| Women, % | 81.0 | 80.4 | 80.4 | 76.0 | 0.004 | 83.7 | 83.8 | 84.8 | 82.9 | 0.95 |
| Occupational status, % | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| High | 45.0 | 34.3 | 34.4 | 28.4 | 35.6 | 25.8 | 26.0 | 24.6 | ||
| Intermediate | 26.3 | 27.5 | 28.6 | 26.0 | 30.0 | 34.8 | 34.5 | 31.4 | ||
| Low | 28.7 | 38.3 | 37.0 | 45.6 | 34.5 | 39.3 | 39.5 | 44.0 | ||
| Job strain, % | 18.5 | 23.9 | 32.0 | 35.5 | <0.0001 | 19.6 | 25.9 | 28.5 | 30.9 | <0.0001 |
| Physically heavy work, % | 13.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 20.5 | <0.0001 | 13.4 | 16.3 | 19.7 | 19.8 | 0.003 |
| Smoking | 7.4 | 10.8 | 8.7 | 10.3 | 0.002 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 13.0 | 0.03 |
| Alcohol risk use | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 0.9237 | 8.0 | 9.6 | 7.2 | 9.5 | 0.6813 |
| Low physical activity | 33.8 | 45.8 | 47.8 | 55.0 | <0.0001 | 33.8 | 47.2 | 51.1 | 52.7 | <0.0001 |
| Obesity | 8.8 | 18.2 | 17.0 | 29.7 | <0.0001 | 15.6 | 29.9 | 30.6 | 43.6 | <0.0001 |
FIREA, Finnish Retirement and Aging Study; FPS, Finnish Public Sector Study.