Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study participants according to baseline age. Mini-Finland Health Examination Survey (n = 3594).

	50–69 years	≥ 70 years	p value*
N	2718	876
Mean Age (SD)	58.6 (5.8)	75.3 (4.5)	<.0001
Male, %	44.5	37.2	0.0002
Education < 9 yrs, %	78.8	85.6	<.0001
Current smoker, %	20.4	10.0	<.0001
Heavy alcohol use, %	2.5	1.0	0.0102
Physically inactive, %	40.1	54.3	<.0001
Mean BMI (SD)	27.0 (4.1)	26.4 (4.1)	<.0001
Mean grip strength (SD)	34.0 (14.6)	23.8 (12.3)	<.0001
Hypertension, %	50.9	66.3	<.0001
Cardiovascular disease, %	8.0	13.2	<.0001
Diabetes, %	7.5	16.8	<.0001
Cancer, %	3.2	4.9	0.0218

Notes: SD = standard deviation;

^*The differences across groups were calculated by Chi square and t tests for categorical and continuous variables, respectively.