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. 2015 Aug 7;25(3):255–262. doi: 10.18865/ed.25.3.255

Table 1. Characteristics of male participants in the UAB Study of Aging based on veteran status.

	Non-Veterans (n=200)		Veterans (n=301)
	n	Mean (SD) or %	n	Mean (SD) or %	P
Mean age	200	76.3 (7.5)	301	74.0 (5.5)	<.001^a
Black	141	70.5%	110	36.5%	<.001^a
Rural	116	58.0%	141	46.8%	.014^a
≤7th Education	87	43.5%	33	10.9%	<.001^a
Income <$12,000	104	52.0%	62	20.6%	<.001^a
Married	124	62.0%	223	74.0%	.004^a
Transportation difficulty	29	14.5%	26	8.6%	.040^a
Baseline life-space	200	64.9 (24.6)	301	73.7 (24.2)	<.001^a
Comorbidity	200	2.5 (1.7)	301	2.6 (1.7)	.690
# Medications	200	3.8 (3.2)	301	4.5 (3.7)	.030^a
GDS	200	2.5 (2.4)	301	2.0 (2.1)	.013^a
MMSE	200	21.8 (5.7)	301	26.4 (3.5)	<.001^a
SPPB	200	6.4 (3.4)	301	7.7 (3.1)	<.001^a
Follow-up, years	200	5.8 (2.7)	301	6.0 (2.8)	.381
Time to death, years	99	3.7 (2.0)	131	3.5 (2.3)	.410
Mortality	99	49.5%	131	43.5%	.190

a. Psignificant at .05 level (2-tailed).