TABLE 1.
Sociodemographic and health characteristics of participants by country1
| Country |
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| Variable | Cuba | Dominican Republic | Peru | Venezuela | Mexico | China | India |
| Sample size (n) | 2934 | 1999 | 1927 | 1939 | 1997 | 2162 | 1998 |
| Response rate (%) | 94 | 95 | 84 | 80 | 85 | 85 | 85 |
| Age [n (%)] | |||||||
| 65–69 y | 760 (25.9) | 533 (26.5) | 554 (28.7) | 823 (41.2) | 544 (27.12) | 699 (32.3) | 746 (37.3) |
| 70–74 y | 789 (26.9) | 520 (25.9) | 493 (25.5) | 469 (23.51) | 581 (29.02) | 658 (30.43) | 668 (33.4) |
| 75–79 y | 639 (21.8) | 397 (19.7) | 399 (20.6) | 346 (17.34) | 426 (21.28) | 456 (21.09) | 321 (16.1) |
| ≥80 y | 749 (25.5) | 561 (28.0) | 486 (25.2) | 309 (15.49) | 451 (22.53) | 349 (16.14) | 265 (13.2) |
| Missing values | 7 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Females (%) | 64.9 | 65.9 | 61.2 | 64.2 | 63.3 | 56.3 | 56.1 |
| Missing values (n) | 10 | 3 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Educational level [n (%)] | |||||||
| No education | 75 (2.5) | 392 (19.5) | 121 (6.3) | 158 (7.8) | 554 (27.7) | 811 (37.5) | 1088 (54.3) |
| Some education | 655 (22.3) | 1022 (50.8) | 231 (11.9) | 453 (22.5) | 864 (43.1) | 267 (12.4) | 429 (21.4) |
| Completed primary school | 979 (33.3) | 370 (18.4) | 727 (37.6) | 977 (48.4) | 351 (17.5) | 562 (26.0) | 328 (16.4) |
| Completed secondary school | 728 (24.7) | 135 (6.7) | 517 (26.7) | 271 (13.4) | 124 (6.2) | 380 (17.6) | 113 (5.6) |
| Completed tertiary school | 499 (16.9) | 73 (3.6) | 321 (16.6) | 96 (4.8) | 110 (5.5) | 142 (6.6) | 44 (2.2) |
| Missing values | 8 | 19 | 16 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Live alone or with spouse only [n (%)] | 706 (24.1) | 389 (19.3) | 274 (14.2) | 218 (10.8) | 525 (26.2) | 712 (33.0) | 412 (20.6) |
| Missing values | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Three or fewer assets [n (%)] | 87 (3.1) | 310 (15.4) | 95 (4.9) | 58 (2.9) | 432 (21.6) | 114 (5.3) | 1052 (52.5) |
| Missing values | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10/66 Dementia [n (%)] | 316 (10.8) | 235 (11.7) | 165 (8.5) | 140 (7.1) | 171 (8.5) | 137 (6.3) | 181 (9) |
| Missing values | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Meets ESH hypertension criteria [n (%)] | 1639 (55.7) | 915 (45.5) | 224 (11.6) | 682 (44.8) | 717 (35.8) | 958 (44.3) | 730 (36.4) |
| Missing values | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Self-reported stroke [n (%)] | 230 (7.8) | 175 (8.7) | 132 (6.9) | 138 (7.1) | 141 (7.1) | 127 (5.9) | 31 (1.5) |
| Missing values | 9 | 6 | 10 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Self-reported diabetes [n (%)] | 543 (18.5) | 281 (14.0) | 173 (9.0) | 314 (16.1) | 435 (21.7) | 204 (9.4) | 187 (9.3) |
| Missing values | 16 | 4 | 11 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Self-reported CHD [n (%)] | 415 (14.1) | 60 (3.0) | 115 (6.0) | 121 (6.2) | 54 (2.7) | 127 (5.9) | 77 (3.8) |
| Missing values | 6 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ICD-10 depressive episode [n (%)] | 144 (4.9) | 278 (13.8) | 103 (5.3) | 108 (5.3) | 92 (4.6) | 10 (0.5) | 165 (8.2) |
| Missing values | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alcohol (units/wk)2 | 2.1 ± 13.7 | 9.7 ± 37.2 | 0.3 ± 4.9 | 2 ± 5.2 | 1 ± 5.5 | 2.2 ± 10 | 0.2 ± 1.6 |
| Missing values | 52 | 15 | 51 | 821 | 17 | 0 | 129 |
| Current or ex-smoker [n (%)] | 1319 (24.2) | 955 (17.5) | 324 (5.9) | 823 (15.1) | 624 (11.4) | 620 (11.4) | 797 (14.6) |
| Missing values | 8 | 2 | 8 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
1
ESH, European Society of Hypertension; CHD, coronary heart disease (including angina and myocardial infarction); ICD-10, International Classification of Disease, 10th edition.
2
Values are means ± SDs.