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. 2013 Jan 22;10(2):145–157. doi: 10.1007/s10433-013-0258-8

Table 2.

Overall, visit and clinic visit response rates at 60–64 years by health-related characteristics

Overall responsea (2661/3163) Provided clinical information at home or clinicb (2231/2,630) Completed clinic visitc (1690/2,229) Mutually adjustedd overall response (n = 2,143) Mutually adjustede visit cooperation (n = 1,986) Mutually adjustedf CRF cooperation (n = 1,717)
n (% responded) n (% cooperated) n (% cooperated) OR (95 %CI) OR (95 %CI) OR (95 %CI)
Childhood
Childhood cognitive score p < 0.001 p = 0.03 p < 0.001 p = 0.01 p = 0.2 p = 0.001
Top 10 % 261 (90.0) 225 (88.3) 190 (84.4) 1 1 1
Middle 80 % 2,020 (85.6) 1,707 (85.4) 1,299 (76.1) 0.63 (0.33, 1.21) 1.22 (0.75, 1.99) 0.69 (0.44, 1.08)
Bottom 10 % 182 (71.7) 142 (79.3) 79 (55.6) 0.35 (0.16, 0.76) 0.80 (0.41, 1.57) 0.33 (0.18, 0.62)
Adulthood
Verbal memory at 53 years p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p = 0.02 p = 0.01 p = 0.002
Top 10 % 327 (97.0) 299 (92.3) 259 (86.6) 1 1 1
Middle 80 % 1,875 (88.4) 1,631 (88.1) 1,248 (76.5) 0.36 (0.17, 0.76) 0.67 (0.40, 1.12) 0.59 (0.39, 0.89)
Bottom 10 % 208 (81.3) 160 (77.3) 89 (55.6) 0.39 (0.16, 0.91) 0.39 (0.21, 0.75) 0.37 (0.21, 0.63)
Physical performance score at 53 years p < 0.001 p = 0.005 p < 0.001 p > 0.9 p = 0.4 p = 0.2
Top 10 % 236 (91.5) 215 (91.9) 177 (82.3) 1 1 1
Middle 80 % 1,866 (88.7) 1,615 (87.6) 1,238 (76.7) 0.95 (0.56, 1.61) 1.01 (0.60, 1.67) 0.94 (0.62, 1.42)
Bottom 10 % 190 (79.8) 152 (81.3) 96 (63.2) 0.90 (0.44, 1.86) 0.74 (0.38, 1.42) 0.63 (0.36, 1.12)
Functional limitations at 53 years p < 0.001 p = 0.3 p < 0.001 p = 0.1 p = 0.5
No difficulties walking 2,263 (89.0) 1,953 (87.3) 1,516 (77.6) 1 1
Severe difficulties walking 140 (74.1) 115 (83.9) 65 (56.5) 0.71 (0.40, 1.28) 0.85 (0.50, 1.43)
Mental health profiles to 53 years p = 0.4 p = 0.4 p = 0.9
Absence of symptoms 1,275 (88.3) 1,085 (86.2) 826 (76.1)
Repeat symptoms 567 (89.0) 499 (89.1) 377 (75.6)
Adolescent onset, adult well 361 (88.5) 313 (87.2) 241 (77.0)
Adult onset 221 (85.0) 192 (88.1) 143 (74.5)
GHQ score at 53 years p = 0.1 p = 0.3 p = 0.7 p = 0.9
4 or fewer symptoms 1,960 (88.7) 1,682 (86.9) 1,275 (75.8) 1
5 + symptoms 442 (86.3) 388 (88.6) 298 (76.8) 0.97 (0.67, 1.42)
Health problems at 53 years p < 0.001 p = 0.5 p = 0.01 p = 0.11 p = 0.6
No health problems 1,517 (89.8) 1,308 (87.1) 1,022 (78.1) 1 0.87 (0.67, 1.13)
1 health problem 713 (86.1) 621 (88.1) 457 (73.6) 0.72 (0.52, 1.00)
2 + health problems 228 (81.4) 189 (85.1) 132 (69.8) 0.68 (0.40, 1.16) 0.90 (0.57, 1.43)
Cardiovascular at disease at 53 years p = 0.001 p = 0.8 p = 0.08 p = 0.3 p = 0.6
No 2,337 (88.4) 2,015 (87.2) 1,540 (76.4) 1 1
Yes 121 (79.6) 103 (88.0) 71 (68.9) 0.73 (0.41, 1.32) 1.18 (0.65, 2.12)
Obese at 53 years p = 0.04 p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p > 0.9 p < 0.001 p = 0.02
No 1,866 (88.8) 1,643 (88.9) 1,284 (78.2) 1 1 1
Yes (BMI ≥ 30kg/m2) 570 (85.8) 462 (82.4) 321 (69.5) 0.98 (0.70, 1.39) 0.57 (0.42, 0.77) 0.73 (0.55, g0.95)
Lifetime smoking to 53 years p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p = 0.006 p < 0.001
Never smoker 751 (88.2) 644 (86.7) 514 (79.8) 1 1 1
Predominantly non-smoker 869 (89.2) 769 (89.4) 608 (79.1) 1.20 (0.80, 1.79) 1.24 (0.86, 1.80) 0.81 (0.60, 1.08)
Predominantly smoker 514 (84.8) 424 (84.0) 301 (71.0) 0.73 (0.48, 1.11) 0.80 (0.54, 1.18) 0.70 (0.50, 0.98)
Lifelong smoker 345 (76.0) 265 (77.5) 169 (63.8) 0.46 (0.30, 0.70) 0.61 (0.40, 0.92) 0.44 (0.31, 0.64)
Physical activity at 53 years p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p = 0.05 p = 0.07 p = 0.02
Very active 860 (91.0) 759 (89.3) 613 (80.8) 1 1 1
Moderately active 462 (92.2) 418 (91.3) 339 (81.0) 1.41 (0.87, 2.28) 1.52 (0.97, 2.40) 1.23 (0.87, 1.73)
Inactive 1,135 (84.1) 941 (83.9) 659 (70.0) 0.82 (0.58, 1.15) 0.91 (0.66, 1.26) 0.80 (0.61, 1.04)
CAGE alcohol problems at 53 years p = 0.3 p = 0.3 p = 0.8
No/1 problem 2,147 (88.7) 1,855 (87.4) 1,424 (76.8)
2 + problems 167 (86.1) 148 (90.2) 115 (77.7)

aResponse rate is number providing any information divided by eligible sample

bCooperation rate is number providing any clinical information at clinic or home visit divided by number providing any information less 31 study members who died between initial and CRF invitation

cCooperation rate is number completing clinic visit divided by number providing any clinical information at clinic or home

dLogistic regression model includes cognitive score at 8 years and verbal memory, physical performance, functional limitations, GHQ score, health problems, cardiovascular disease, obesity, lifelong smoking, physical activity and sex all at 53 years

eLogistic regression model includes cognitive score at 8 years and verbal memory, physical performance, obesity, lifelong smoking, physical activity and sex all at 53 years

fLogistic regression model includes cognitive score at 8 years and verbal memory, physical performance, functional limitations, health problems, cardiovascular disease, obesity, lifelong smoking, physical activity and sex all at 53 years

Blank cells indicate where characteristic not included in multiply adjusted model