Table 2.

Estimated difference in mental and physical functioning and happiness per decade year by gender.

	Men		Women
	<70 years	≥70 years	<70 years	≥70 years
	Continuous variables (mean difference/10 years (95% CI))
Number of animals named	−1.10 (−1.58; −0.61)†	−3.93 (−4.27; −3.58)‡	−1.44 (−1.92; −0.95)‡	−3.74 (−3.98; −3.50)‡
Numbers of words remembered immediately	−0.45 (−0.55; −0.34)‡	−1.02 (−1.11; −0.93)‡	−0.55 (−0.66; −0.44)‡	−1.01 (−1.08; −0.94)‡
Numbers of words remembered after delay	−0.60 (−0.75; −0.46)‡	−0.93 (−1.03; −0.83)‡	−0.90 (−1.06; −0.74)‡	− 1.20 (−1.28; −1.12)‡
Cognition (CCS)	−0.93 (−1.15; −0.71)‡	−2.18 (−2.35; −2.01)‡	− 1.12 (−1.35; −0.89)‡	−2.36 (−2.49; −2.24)‡
Depression symptomatology
Total score	0.32 (0.09; 0.56)†	2.16 (1.91; 2.41)‡	0.53 (0.26; 0.80)‡	2.06 (1.85; 2.27)‡
Affective scale	0.004 (−0.14; 0.15)ns	0.90 (0.77; 1.03)‡	0.18 (0.01; 0.35)*	0.72 (0.59; 0.84)‡
Somatic scale	0.32 (0.19; 0.44)‡	1.26 (1.10; 1.42)‡	0.35 (0.22; 0.49)‡	1.34 (1.23; 1.46)‡
	Binary variables (prevalence difference/10 years (95% CI))
Walk 400 meters without rest	−0.002 (−0.01; 0.003)ns	−0.15 (−0.17; −0.13)‡	−0.005 (−0.01; −0.004)‡	−0.22 (−0.23; −0.21)‡
Manage stairs	−0.01 (−0.03; −0.004)†	−0.18 (−0.19; −0.16)‡	−0.01 (−0.03; −0.002)*	−0.23 (−0.25; −0.22)‡
Able to run 100 meters	−0.10 (−0.12; −0.08)‡	−0.29 (−0.31; −0.27)‡	−0.15 (−0.18; −0.12)‡	−0.22 (−0.24; −0.21)‡
Happy: yes, and yes, almost always	0.003 (−0.01; 0.02)ns	−0.09 (−0.10; −0.07)‡	−0.01 (−0.03; 0.01)ns	−0.06 (−0.08; −0.05)†

Notes: CCS = standardized cognitive composite score. CI = confidence interval.

^*p < 0.05;

^†p < 0.01;

^‡p < 0.001;

ns denotes non-significant.