Table 2.
| MEN | Age group | Lowest FI quartile | 2nd FI quartile | 3rd FI quartile | Highest FI quartile | P for linear trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education | ||||||
| Years of education: mean (SD) | 50s | 12.4 (3.8) | 11.8 (3.9) | 11.6 (3.9) | 10.1 (4.3) | <0.001Σ |
| 60s | 11.3 (4.4) | 10.8 (4.3) | 10.5 (4.4) | 9.3 (4.7) | <0.001Σ | |
| 70s | 10.1 (4.5) | 9.8 (4.6) | 8.9 (4.8) | 7.6 (4.9) | <0.001Σ | |
| 80s | 9.8 (4.5) | 8.8 (4.8) | 8.7 (4.4) | 7.9 (4.7) | <0.001Σ | |
| 90+ | 11.0 (4.7) | 6.8 (5.3) | 8.0 (4.3) | 4.4 (4.3) | <0.001Σ | |
| Socioeconomic | ||||||
| Household has (some or great) difficulties making ends meet (%) | 50s | 27.2 | 29.8 | 36.0 | 52.6 | <0.001χ |
| 60s | 21.5 | 26.9 | 34.2 | 51.8 | <0.001χ | |
| 70s | 26.2 | 29.2 | 35.5 | 53.3 | <0.001χ | |
| 80s | 27.3 | 32.5 | 35.8 | 40.3 | 0.013χ | |
| 90+ | 33.3 | 27.3 | 52.2 | 66.7 | 0.018χ | |
| Behavioural risks | ||||||
| Current smoker (%) | 50s | 32.7 | 29.8 | 32.1 | 37.1 | 0.005χ |
| 60s | 24.8 | 20.2 | 22.3 | 21.7 | 0.214χ | |
| 70s | 16.1 | 13.8 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 0.007χ | |
| 80s | 12.4 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 12.1 | 0.900χ | |
| 90+ | 7.7 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.124χ | |
| Drinking > 2 glasses of alcohol almost every or 5/6 days a week (%) | 50s | 17.5 | 20.9 | 22.2 | 20.7 | 0.051χ |
| 60s | 22.5 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 21.0 | 0.600χ | |
| 70s | 23.1 | 20.8 | 21.8 | 15.8 | 0.002χ | |
| 80s | 14.4 | 13.3 | 18.1 | 12.6 | 0.934χ | |
| 90+ | 19.2 | 17.9 | 3.6 | 6.7 | 0.058χ | |
| ‘Longevity’ factors | ||||||
| Mother’s age of death: mean (SD) | 50s | 73.2 (13.0) | 72.1 (13.4) | 72.6 (12.8) | 71.7 (12.9) | 0.032Σ |
| 60s | 77.0 (13.7) | 75.4 (13.4) | 75.9 (13.6) | 74.2 (14.5) | <0.001Σ | |
| 70s | 77.4 (14.0) | 77.3 (14.0) | 75.1 (15.1) | 74.6 (15.3) | <0.001Σ | |
| 80s | 76.8 (15.5) | 75.7 (15.7) | 74.7 (15.4) | 73.6 (16.1) | 0.008Σ | |
| 90+ | 77.8 (17.8) | 70.7 (13.4) | 76.4 (14.7) | 73.5 (17.0) | 0.492Σ | |
| Father’s age of death: mean (SD) | 50s | 72.4 (11.8) | 70.8 (12.4) | 70.3 (12.5) | 69.5 (12.5) | <0.001Σ |
| 60s | 71.7 (15.0) | 70.7 (15.6) | 70.9 (15.7) | 69.0 (16.3) | <0.001Σ | |
| 70s | 73.6 (14.7) | 72.3 (14.5) | 70.7 (15.2) | 70.2 (15.0) | <0.001Σ | |
| 80s | 75.3 (15.0) | 72.2 (15.0) | 72.2 (13.7) | 70.7 (16.7) | 0.002Σ | |
| 90+ | 75.5 (13.3) | 67.0 (13.8) | 75.8 (15.5) | 72.6 (15.5) | 0.844Σ |
Σ
Two-tailed Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient
χ
Chi-squared test for linear trend.