Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants
| Variable | VA-FF (n=35), % (n) |
VA-C (n=15), % (n) |
Control (n=26), % (n) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years (mean ± SD) | 64.7±5.8 | 63.9±4.5 | 67.8±6.4 | 0.156a |
| 60–64 | 62.9 (22) | 60.0 (9) | 46.2 (12) | 0.368b |
| 65–69 | 20.0 (7) | 26.7 (4) | 26.9 (7) | |
| 70–74 | 5.7 (2) | 13.3 (2) | 3.8 (1) | |
| 75+ | 11.4 (4) | 0.0 (0) | 23.1 (6) | |
| Marital status | 0.447b | |||
| Married | 33.4 (12) | 53.3 (8) | 38.5 (10) | |
| Singlec | 65.7 (23) | 46.7 (7) | 61.5 (16) | |
| Education | 0.204b | |||
| High school and below | 23.5 (9) | 6.7 (1) | 30.8 (8) | |
| Above high school | 76.5 (26) | 93.4 (14) | 69.2 (18) |
Notes:
a
ANOVA.
b
Pearson’s chi-square.
c
Includes never married, widow, divorced, separated.
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; ANOVA, analysis of variance; VA-FF, Vital Aging face-to-face; VA-C, Vital Aging combined.