Table 1.
Baseline sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics of older adults from the EpiDoC cohort by age group
| All n = 4135 |
60-64y n = 966 |
65-69y n = 943 |
70-74y n = 819 |
75-79y n = 737 |
80-84y n = 437 |
85 + y n = 233 |
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| Sociodemographic | |||||||
| Sex | |||||||
| Men | 1510 (36.5%) | 372 (38.5%) | 359 (38.1%) | 300 (36.6%) | 260 (35.3%) | 140 (32.0%) | 79 (33.9%) |
| Women | 2625 (63.5%) | 594 (61.5%) | 584 (61.9%) | 519 (63.4%) | 477 (64.7%) | 297 (68.0%) | 154 (66.1%) |
| Age (years) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 71.7 (7.8) | 62.4 (1.5) | 67.4 (1.5) | 72.3 (1.4) | 77.4 (1.4) | 82.1 (1.5) | 88.7 (3.7) |
| Region (NUTS II) | |||||||
| North | 1168 (28.2%) | 286 (29.6%) | 283 (30.0%) | 227 (27.7%) | 206 (28.0%) | 112 (25.6%) | 54 (23.2%) |
| Centre | 898 (21.7%) | 201 (20.8%) | 166 (17.6%) | 192 (23.4%) | 182 (24.7%) | 102 (23.3%) | 55 (23.6%) |
| Lisbon | 869 (21.0%) | 202 (20.9%) | 216 (22.9%) | 168 (20.5%) | 142 (19.3%) | 93 (21.3%) | 48 (20.6%) |
| Alentejo | 319 (7.7%) | 64 (6.5%) | 72 (7.6%) | 53 (6.5%) | 70 (9.5%) | 35 (8.0%) | 26 (11.2%) |
| Algarve | 165 (4.0%) | 32 (3.3%) | 31 (3.3%) | 39 (4.8%) | 31 (4.2%) | 21 (4.8%) | 11 (4.7%) |
| Azores | 328 (7.9%) | 83 (8.6%) | 91 (9.7%) | 51 (6.2%) | 52 (7.1%) | 31 (7.1%) | 20 (8.6%) |
| Madeira | 388 (9.4%) | 99 (10.2%) | 84 (8.9%) | 89 (10.9%) | 54 (7.3%) | 43 (9.8%) | 19 (8.2%) |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Single | 190 (4.6%) | 57 (5.9%) | 48 (5.1%) | 30 (3.7%) | 16 (2.2%) | 25 (5.7%) | 14 (6.0%) |
| Married/Partnership | 2491 (60.3%) | 686 (71.1%) | 620 (65.9%) | 539 (65.8%) | 396 (53.7%) | 178 (40.7%) | 72 (30.9%) |
| Divorced | 211 (5.1%) | 89 (9.2%) | 65 (6.9%) | 18 (2.2%) | 21 (2.8%) | 13 (3.0%) | 5 (2.1%) |
| Widowed | 1240 (30.0%) | 133 (13.8%) | 208 (22.1%) | 232 (28.3%) | 304 (41.2%) | 221 (50.6%) | 142 (60.9%) |
| Education level | |||||||
| < 4 years | 1201 (29.2%) | 83 (8.6%) | 198 (21.2%) | 252 (31.0%) | 330 (44.9%) | 206 (47.7%) | 132 (56.9%) |
| 4–9 years | 2460 (59.8%) | 719 (74.5%) | 628 (66.9%) | 485 (59.7%) | 354 (48.2%) | 197 (45.6%) | 77 (33.2%) |
| 10–12 years | 229 (5.6%) | 92 (9.5%) | 49 (5.2%) | 41 (5.0%) | 25 (3.4%) | 11 (2.5%) | 11 (4.7%) |
| > 12 years | 226 (5.5%) | 71 (7.4%) | 64 (6.8%) | 35 (4.3%) | 26 (3.5%) | 18 (4.2%) | 12 (5.2%) |
| Lifestyle | |||||||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 27.6 (4.6) | 27.9 (4.9) | 28.1 (4.7) | 27.7 (4.5) | 27.3 (4.1) | 26.7 (4.3) | 25.4 (4.1) |
| Underweight (< 18.5) | 38 (1.0%) | 13 (1.4%) | 4 (0.4%) | 8 (1.1%) | 2 (0.3%) | 7 (1.9%) | 4 (2.4%) |
| Normal weight (18.5–24.9) | 1114 (29.8%) | 247 (26.8%) | 236 (26.2%) | 218 (29.3%) | 190 (29.5%) | 139 (38.5%) | 84 (50.6%) |
| Overweight (25-29.9) | 1589 (42.5%) | 395 (42.9%) | 397 (44.1%) | 313 (42.1%) | 296 (46.0%) | 132 (36.6%) | 56 (33.7%) |
| Obese (≥ 30) | 994 (26.6%) | 265 (28.8%) | 263 (29.2%) | 205 (27.6%) | 156 (24.2%) | 83 (23.0%) | 22 (13.3%) |
| Smoking habits | |||||||
| Never | 2980 (72.2%) | 610 (63.2%) | 667 (70.7%) | 604 (73.8%) | 571 (77.5%) | 339 (77.9%) | 189 (81.5%) |
| In the past | 878 (21.3%) | 229 (23.7%) | 208 (22.1%) | 175 (21.4%) | 142 (19.3%) | 86 (19.8%) | 38 (16.4%) |
| Active smokers | 272 (6.6%) | 126 (13.1%) | 68 (7.2%) | 39 (4.8%) | 24 (3.3%) | 10 (2.3%) | 5 (2.2%) |
| Alcohol drinking | |||||||
| No | 2803 (50.4%) | 431 (44.7%) | 438 (46.4%) | 409 (49.9%) | 407 (55.2%) | 253 (58.2%) | 145 (62.8%) |
| Yes | 2046 (49.6%) | 533 (55.3%) | 505 (53.6%) | 410 (50.1%) | 330 (44.8%) | 182 (41.8%) | 86 (37.2%) |
All values are n (%) unless otherwise mentioned. Sample size is not constant due to missing values in some variables: All – Marital status (n = 4132), Education level (n = 3735), Body mass index (n = 3735), Smoking habits (n = 4130), Alcohol drinking (n = 4129); 60-64y – Marital status (n = 965), Education level (n = 965), Body mass index (n = 920), Smoking habits (n = 965), Alcohol drinking (n = 964); 65-69y – Marital status (n = 941), Education level (n = 943), Body mass index (n = 900); 70-74y –Education level (n = 813), Body mass index (n = 744), Smoking habits (n = 818); 75-79y –Education level (n = 735), Body mass index (n = 644); 80-84y –Education level (n = 432), Body mass index (n = 361), Smoking habits (n = 435), Alcohol drinking (n = 435); 85 + y – Education level (n = 232), Body mass index (n = 166), Smoking habits (n = 232), Alcohol drinking (n = 231); NUTS II, Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics II; SD, standard deviation