Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the participants at their first interview for the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), when none of them had experienced a stroke, stratified by stroke-related status in the following waves.

Variables	Stroke Survivors (N = 2,143)	Matched Stroke-Free Adults (N = 10,717)
Age, mean (SD)	66.9 (9.1)	66.9 (9.3)
Sex
Female, n (%)	1052 (49.1)	5126 (47.8)
Male, n (%)	1091 (50.9)	5591 (52.2)
Physical Activity
Physically active, n (%)	1564 (72.5)	8060 (74.6)
Physically inactive, n (%)	595 (27.4)	2720 (25.2)
Functional Limitations
ADL, mean (SD)	0.2 (0.6)	0.2 (0.7)
IADL, mean (SD)	0.3 (0.8)	0.3 (0.9)
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)
< 18.5 – Underweight, n (%)	155 (1.5)	590 (1.1)
18.5–24.9 – Normal, n (%)	3445 (33.9)	16275 (31.7)
25–29.9 – Overweight, n (%)	4176 (41.0)	22856 (44.5)
≥ 30 – Obese, n (%)	2401 (23.6)	11647 (22.7)
Chronic Condition
< 2, n (%)	3423 (32.7)	22807 (43.5)
≥ 2, n (%)	7053 (67.3)	29676 (56.5)
Education
Primary, n (%)	666 (31.1)	3027 (28.2)
Secondary, n (%)	1081 (50.4)	5415 (50.5)
Tertiary, n (%)	396 (18.5)	2275 (21.2)
Country
Austria, n (%)	147 (6.9)	764 (7.1)
Belgium, n (%)	193 (9.0)	965 (9.0)
Czech Republic, n (%)	160 (7.5)	818 (7.6)
Denmark, n (%)	170 (7.9)	810 (7.6)
Estonia, n (%)	154 (7.2)	870 (8.1)
France, n (%)	161 (7.5)	815 (7.6)
Germany, n (%)	153 (7.1)	831 (7.8)
Greece, n (%)	106 (4.9)	506 (4.7)
Israel, n (%)	95 (4.4)	460 (4.3)
Italy, n (%)	161 (7.5)	768 (7.2)
Luxembourg, n (%)	20 (0.9)	94 (0.9)
Netherlands, n (%)	81 (3.8)	384 (3.6)
Poland, n (%)	73 (3.4)	368 (3.4)
Slovenia, n (%)	76 (3.5)	379 (3.5)
Spain, n (%)	141 (6.6)	673 (6.3)
Sweden, n (%)	167 (7.8)	812 (7.6)
Switzerland, n (%)	85 (4.0)	404 (3.8)

Notes. ADL = activities of daily living, IADL = instrumental activities of daily living, SD = standard deviation.