Table 2. Health status and lifestyle of the study sample. Sete Lagoas, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2014.

Variables		Total (N = 335)		Men (N = 127)		Women (N = 208)		p-value*
		N	%	N	%	N	%
Self-perceived health								0.798
	Very poor	18	5.4	5	3.9	13	630
	Poor	37	11.0	14	11.0	23	11.1
	Fair	122	36.4	45	35.4	77	37.0
	Good	142	42.4	58	45.7	84	40.4
	Very good	16	4.8	5	3.9	11	5.3
Cognitive impairment								0.311
	Yes	91	27.2	30	23.6	61	29.3
	No	244	72.8	97	76.4	147	70.7
Limitations in ADLs ††								0.063
	Yes	82	24.5	24	18.9	58	27.9
	No	253	75.5	103	81.1	150	72.1
Limitations in IADLs‡								0.426
	Yes	186	55.5	67	52.8	119	57.2
	No	149	44.5	60	47.2	89	42.8
Could walk three blocks without assistance								0.621
	Yes	142	42.4	56	44.1	86	41.3
	No	193.0	57.6	71	55.9	122	58.7
Frequency of alcohol intake								0.007
	Never	165	49.2	60	47.2	105	50.5
	Less than one day per week	150	44.8	53	41.7	97	46.2
	One day per week	6	1.8	4	3.1	02	1.0
	Two to three days per week	6	1.8	4	3.1	02	1.0
	Four to six days per week	2	0.6	0	0	2	1.0
	Every day	6	1.8	6	4.7	0	0
Smoking status								<0.001
	Never smoked	183	56.3	56	44.8	127	63.5
	Smoked but quit	90	27.7	52	41.6	38	19.0
	Smoked occasionally (less than one cigarette per day)	29	8.9	10	8.0	19	9.5
	Current smoker (at least one cigarette per day)	23	7.1	7	5.6	16	8.0
Presence of chronic or acute diseases								0.225
	Yes	103	30.7	34	26.8	69	33.2
	No	232	69.3	93	73.2	139	66.8
Number of medications taken								0.135
	0	123	36.7	54	42.5	69	33.2
	1-3	120	35.8	46	36.2	74	35.6
	≥ 4	86	25.7	26	20.5	60	28.8
	Did not respond	6	1.8	1	0.8	5	2.4

*Chi-square test with correction using Fisher's exact test

†ADLs = activities of daily living

‡IADLs = instrumental activities of daily living