Table 1.
Sociodemographic and health characteristics by sex.
| Variables | Men n = 95 |
Women n = 263 |
Total n = 358 |
p-Value 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 71.8 ± 4.3 | 71.65 ± 3.7 | 71.7 ± 3.9 | 0.6 |
| Education (years), mean ± SD | 9.1 ± 4.7 | 8.9 ± 4.5 | 8.97 ± 4.5 | 0.6 |
| Physical activity, n (%) | 73 (82.9) | 219 (87.2%) | 292 (86.1%) | 0.3 |
| Smoking, n (%) | 15 (15.79%) | 34 (12.9%) | 49 (13.6%) | 0.4 |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 70 (73.68%) | 195 (74.1%) | 265 (74.0%) | 0.9 |
| DM2, n (%) | 32 (33.6%) | 79 (30.0%) | 111 (31.0%) | 0.51 |
| AMI, n (%) | 20 (21.0%) | 29 (11.0%) | 49 (13.6%) | 0.015 |
| CVA, n (%) | 7 (7.3%) | 9 (3.4%) | 16 (4.4%) | 0.016 |
| Symptoms of depression (GDS > 5), n (%) | 12 (12.6%) | 105 (40.0%) | 117 (32.7%) | <0.001 |
| Osteoarthritis, n (%) | 10 (10.5%) | 76 (28.9%) | 86 (24.0%) | 0.001 |
| Sarcopenia, n (%) | 13 (13.6%) | 36 (13.6%) | 49 (13.6%) | 0.9 |
| Multimorbidity, n (%) | 58 (61.0%) | 201(76.7%) | 259 (72.5%) | 0.003 |
1 Based on t test, except categorical variables, which were based on Pearson chi-square test. SD: standard deviation; Physical activity (<3 times/week); DM2: type 2 diabetes mellitus; AMI: acute myocardial infarction; CVA: cerebrovascular accident; GDS: Geriatric Depression Scale; multimorbidity: ≥2 chronic diseases.