Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of subjects age < 75 years compared with those aged 75 years or more [n(%) unless stated otherwise]
| Variable | <75 years (n = 181) | ≥75 years (n = 264) | |
| Gender, female | 78 (43)| | 133 (50) | |
| Smoking | Never smoked | 50 (28) | 87 (33) |
| Ex smoker | 80 (44) | 136 (52) | |
| Current smoker | 44 (24) | 37 (14) | |
| Number of subjects with alcohol >14 units | 26 (14) | 20 (8) | |
| Chronic disease | IHD | 58 (32) | 104 (39) |
| Hypertension | 63 (35) | 80 (30) | |
| Stroke | 14 (8) | 37 (14) | |
| COPD | 35 (19) | 49 (19) | |
| Medications + | 0–2 | 66 (38) | 77 (30) |
| 3–6 | 97 (55) | 166 (64) | |
| >6 | 12 (7) | 16 (6) | |
| Barthel Score *, median (Q1-Q3) | 19 (14–20) | 18 (13–20) | |
| C-reactive protein median (Q1-Q3) | 17 (5–79) | 19.7 (5–59) | |
| Fasting blood glucose median (Q1-Q3) | 5.6 (5–6.4) | 5.6 (5–6.2) |
* P < 0.05
+ Values do not always add up because of some missing data