Age, years (mean±SD) | 86.0±4.8 | 85.2±4.8 | 0.140 |
Female gender | 175 (64.1) | 69 (75.8) | 0.250 |
Marital status | | | 0.237 |
Married | 82 (30.0) | 19 (20.9) | |
Widowed | 163 (59.7) | 62 (68.1) | |
Never married | 28 (10.3) | 10 (11.0) | |
Living alone | 75 (28.4) | 28 (31.8) | 0.773 |
Education, years (mean±SD) | 4.8±0.9 | 5.8±2.6 | <0.001 |
Depression† | 65 (23.8) | 27 (29.7) | 0.894 |
Duration in principal job, years (mean±SD) | 45.5±16.7 | 46.5±15.7 | 0.663 |
Physical stress associated to job (mean±SD)* | 7.2±1.0 | 4.5±1.5 | <0.001 |
Physical activity | | | <0.001 |
Light-moderate | 136 (50) | 70 (77) | |
High | 137 (50) | 21 (23) | |
CPS score (mean±SD) | 1.1±1.7 | 0.9±1.7 | 0.553 |
Diseases | | | |
Ischaemic heart disease | 34 (12.5) | 10 (11.0) | 0.432 |
Congestive heart failure | 18 (6.6) | 4 (4.4) | 0.317 |
Hypertension | 194 (71.1) | 69 (75.8) | 0.230 |
Stroke | 12 (4.4) | 5 (5.5) | 0.770 |
Diabetes | 84 (30.8) | 25 (27.5) | 0.324 |
COPD | 39 (14.3) | 10 (11.0) | 0.272 |
Parkinson’s disease | 4 (1.5) | 2 (2.2) | 0.832 |
Cancer | 14 (5.1) | 3 (3.3) | 0.348 |
Osteoarthritis | 53 (19.4) | 18 (19.8) | 0.596 |
Recent hip fracture | 13 (4.8) | 9 (9.9) | 0.974 |
Number of diseases (mean±SD) | 2.1±1.3 | 2.2±1.2 | 0.394 |
Body mass index, kg/m2 (mean±SD) | 25.7±4.5 | 25.3±4.5 | 0.540 |
Alcohol abuse | 40 (15) | 5 (6) | 0.013 |
Smoking status | | | 0.490 |
Current | 6 (2) | 2 (2) | |
Past | 61 (22) | 15 (17) | |
Sensory impairment: | | | |
Hearing | 70 (25.6) | 13 (14.3) | 0.016 |
Vision | 70 (25.6) | 16 (17.6) | 0.075 |
Haemoglobin, g/dl (mean±SD) | 13.3±1.7 | 12.8±1.8 | 0.048 |
Albumin, g/dl (mean±SD) | 4.1±0.3 | 4.1±0.4 | 0.527 |
Cholesterol, mg/dl (mean±SD) | 198.3±44.5 | 192.3±45.7 | 0.299 |