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. 2016 Apr 16;13:51. doi: 10.1186/s12966-016-0375-9

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population before retirement by retirement type

Statutory retirement Part-time retirement Disability retirement p-value
n = 5770 n = 1587 n = 2131
Retirement age (mean, SD) 61.92 2.00 58.93 2.02 55.38 5.80 < .0001
n % n % n %
Retirement age
  < 60 686 11.9 1112 70.1 1721 80.8
 60–64 4239 73.5 460 29.0 410 19.2
  > 64 845 14.6 15 1.0 0 0.0
Sex
 Men 1160 20.1 343 21.6 350 16.4 < .0001
 Women 4610 79.9 1244 78.4 1781 83.6
Occupational status < .0001
 Upper grade non-manual 2205 38.4 534 33.8 340 16.2
 Lower grade non-manual 1545 26.9 453 28.7 587 27.7
 Manual 1992 34.7 593 37.5 1195 56.3
Number of chronic diseases < .0001
 0 288 5.0 99 6.2 106 5.0
 1 3060 53.0 806 50.8 647 30.4
  > 1 2422 42.0 682 43.0 1378 64.7
Smoking status < .0001
 Never 4208 74.56 1065 68.8 1286 60.04
 Former 940 16.65 307 19.83 390 18.81
 Current 496 8.79 176 11.37 397 19.15
Alcohol use < .0001
 None 909 15.8 255 16.2 443 20.9
 Moderate 4394 76.6 1184 75.1 1528 72.0
 Heavy 437 7.6 138 8.8 152 7.2
Body Mass Index < .0001
 Normal weight (< 25 kg/m2) 2393 43.1 665 43.6 759 36.8
 Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2) 2266 40.8 594 39.0 806 39.1
 Obese (≥ 30 kg/m2) 890 16.04 266 17.44 499 24.2