Table 1.
Participant Characteristics
| Age, mean (SD), y | 65.6 (9.9) |
| Body mass index, mean (SD) kg/cm2 | 27.6 (5.7) |
| Higher education attainment | |
| Yes | 466 (17.7) |
| No | 1,994 (75.9) |
| Missing | 167 (6.4) |
| Employment status (current) | |
| Employed | 630 (24.0) |
| Retired | 1,525 (58.1) |
| Unable due to illness | 124 (4.7) |
| Unemployed | 21 (0.8) |
| Housewife | 178 (6.8) |
| Other | 56 (2.1) |
| Missing | 93 (3.5) |
| Occupational class (current or previous) | |
| Managerial/administrative/professional | 424 (16.1) |
| Intermediate | 492 (18.7) |
| Routine/manual | 1,355 (51.6) |
| Other* | 356 (13.6) |
| Foot problems | |
| Foot pain in the past 12 mo | 1,185 (45.1) |
| Hallux valgus | 1,172 (44.6) |
Notes: Values are n (%) unless otherwise noted.
*Includes housewives, nonworkers, retired people and those inadequately described.