Table 1.

Participant Characteristics.

Characteristic	N=754
Age in years, mean (SD)	78.4 (5.3)
Female, n (%)	487 (64.6)
White, n (%)	682 (90.5)
Years of education, mean (SD)	12.0 (2.0)
Number of chronic conditions, mean (SD)*	1.7 (1.2)
Cognitive status, mean (SD) †	26.8 (2.5)
Physical frailty, n (%)‡	195 (25.7)
Depressed, n (%)§	100 (13.3)

SD = Standard Deviation

^*Includes 9 self-reported, physician-diagnosed chronic conditions: hypertension, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, stroke, diabetes mellitus, arthritis, hip fracture, chronic lung disease, and cancer (other than minor skin cancer).

^†Assessed by the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE).

^‡Completed a 10-foot rapid gait walk in >10 seconds.

^§Score ≥ 20 on the Center for Epidemiological Studies - Depression (CES-D) scale.