Table 1.
Distribution of sociodemographic factors and mobility measures by sites
| Overall |
Kingston |
Saint-Hyacinthe |
Tirana |
Manizales |
Natal |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years, SD) | 69.1±2.86 | 69.1±2.69 | 68.6±2.68 | 69.4±3.1 | 69.3±3.00 | 69.2±2.71 | ||||||
| Gender (%) | ||||||||||||
| Male | 47.9 | 46.7 | 47.6 | 47.7 | 49.5 | 47.8 | ||||||
| Female | 52.1 | 53.3 | 52.4 | 52.3 | 50.5 | 52.2 | ||||||
| Income sufficiency (%)† | ||||||||||||
| Very well | 30.2 | 61.1 | 44.1 | 37.6 | 4.8 | 4.0 | ||||||
| Suitable | 33.8 | 33.7 | 48.4 | 41.4 | 24.0 | 21.9 | ||||||
| Not very well | 35.9 | 5.3 | 7.5 | 21.1 | 71.2 | 74.1 | ||||||
| Schooling (years, SD)† | 9.7±5.77 | 15.79±3.98 | 12.08±3.99 | 10.35±3.93 | 5.62±4.40 | 4.71±3.93 | ||||||
| Childhood economic status (%)† | ||||||||||||
| High | 53.7 | 68.1 | 64.3 | 42.6 | 58.3 | 35.1 | ||||||
| Middle | 27.4 | 23.4 | 30.7 | 26.1 | 28.5 | 28.1 | ||||||
| Low | 18.9 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 31.2 | 13.3 | 36.8 | ||||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Mobility disability (%)† | 27.5* | 48.2 | 18.3 | 21.7 | 12.6* | 31.4 | 39.4* | 66.0 | 38.9* | 59.4 | 28.1* | 63.3 |
| Poor physical performance SPPB<8 (%)† | 11.0* | 19.1 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 4.7 | 8.6 | 12.2* | 28.6 | 14.1* | 22.8 | 16.7* | 27.6 |
*Gender.
†Site differences p<0.05.
SPPB, Short Physical Performance Battery.