TABLE 1.
Characteristics of the HRS and LLFS samples used in analyses.
| HRS | LLFS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Males |
White Females |
Black Males |
Black Females |
Total | White Males |
White Females | Total | ||
| Continuous variables: mean(SD) | |||||||||
| a Enrollment Age | 66.67(6.93) | 67.62(6.78) | 65.45(7.41) | 65.66(7.27) | 66.94(6.92) | 77.54(4.58) | 78.18(4.39) | 77.89(4.48) | |
| b Last Follow-Up Age or age of death | 87.40(5.46) | 89.24(5.62) | 85.90(5.75) | 87.45(6.11) | 88.2(5.68) | 87.63(4.55) | 89.28(4.35) | 88.54(4.51) | |
| Binary variables: N(percent) | |||||||||
| c Education | 1271(91.97) | 1652(94.62) | 103(63.19) | 169(80.86) | 3195(91.29) | 172(90.53) | 203(87.5) | 375(88.86) | |
| d Ever smoked | 975(70.75) | 776(44.44) | 117(71.78) | 96(45.93) | 1964(56.11) | 116(61.05) | 90(38.79) | 206(48.82) | |
| e Comorbidity (1) | 924(66.86) | 973(55.73) | 115(70.55) | 138(66.03) | 2150(61.43) | 136(71.58) | 143(61.64) | 279(66.11) | |
| f Overweight (1) | 807(58.39) | 784(44.90) | 97(59.51) | 124(59.33) | 1812(51.77) | 135(71.05) | 119(51.29) | 254(60.19) | |
| g Survive ≥85 (1) | 980(70.91) | 1421(81.39) | 100(61.35) | 144(68.90) | 2645(75.57) | 146(76.84) | 204(87.93) | 350(82.94) | |
Notes: Abbreviations: LLFS – Long Life Family Study, March 6, 2023 release; HRS – Health and Retirement Study, RAND Longitudinal File 2018 (v1); SD – standard deviation. The numbers in table are the numbers of participants used in analysis. Binary variables are coded as: Overweight between age 75-85: 1 – overweight, 0 – normal weight; Survive ≥85: 1 – life span ≥ 85 years, 0 – died before age 85; Comorbidity (presence of cancer, diabetes or cardiovascular diseases): 1 – yes, 0 - no; Education: 1 - High school or above, 0 – below high school; Ever smoked: 1 – yes, 0 - no.
Number of people with missing values: LLFS: HRS
a
10:1
b
10:1
c
26:45
d
47:98
e
13:0
f
199:22
g
10:1