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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Oct 3;55(11):1757–1763. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01421.x

Table 1.

Characteristics of Participants at 36 Months

Characteristic* N=501
Age, years
    Median 80
    Range 73 – 99
Female 319 (63.7)
Non–Hispanic white 451 (90.0)
Lives alone 215 (42.9)
Resides in age–restricted housing or
  assisted living facility
93 (18.6)
Education, years
    Median 12
    Range 0 – 17
Chronic conditions
    Median 2
    Range 0 – 6
    Hypertension 296 (59.1)
    Arthritis 218 (43.5)
    Cancer 103 (20.6)
    Diabetes mellitus 96 (19.2)
    Chronic lung disease 86 (17.2)
    Myocardial infarction 87 (17.4)
    Stroke 43 (8.6)
    Congestive heart failure 32 (6.4)
    Hip fracture 29 (5.8)
Mini–Mental State Exam Score
    Median 27
    Range 12 – 30
*

Data are presented as No. (%) unless otherwise indicated.

17 years denotes postgraduate education.

Presented in descending order according to prevalence.