Table 1.
Age distribution of the participants in Soma City, Fukushima, in 2012.
| TH group (N = 207) |
Control group (N = 1683) |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male (N = 82) |
Female (N = 125) |
Male (N = 669) |
Female (N = 974) |
||
| Mean age | 73.7 | 73.6 | 73.7 | 73.1 | 73.4 |
| (median) | (71.5) | (72) | (73) | (72) | (73) |
| 65–69 yr | 31 | 45 | 193 | 282 | 583 |
| (%) | (38) | (36) | (29) | (29) | (30) |
| 70–74 yr | 19 | 31 | 192 | 318 | 578 |
| (%) | (23) | (25) | (29) | (33) | (30) |
| 75–80 yr | 11 | 22 | 145 | 244 | 442 |
| (%) | (13) | (18) | (22) | (25) | (23) |
| > 80 yr | 21 | 27 | 139 | 130 | 336 |
| (%) | (26) | (22) | (21) | (13) | (17) |
| Total | 82 | 125 | 669 | 974 | 1939 |