Table 1. Description of participants aged 55 years or older in the SU.VI.MAX 2 study by gender and age group.
| TOTAL | MALE (n = 2738, 48.5%) | FEMALE (n = 2909, 51.5%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55–59 years | 60–64 years | 65–69 years | ≥70 years | Total | 55–59 years | 60–64 years | 65–69 years | ≥70 years | Total | ||
| Sample | 5647 (100) | 497 (18.2) | 1026 (37.5) | 748 (27.3) | 467 (17.1) | 2738 (100) | 978 (33.6) | 976 (33.6) | 635 (21.8) | 320 (11.0) | 2909 (100) |
| Age | 63.2 (4.9) | 58.0 (1.1) | 61.8 (1.5) | 67.0 (1.4) | 71.3 (1.3) | 64.2 (4.7) | 57.2 (1.4) | 61.7 (1.4) | 66.9 (1.4) | 71.3 1.2) | 62.4 (4.9) |
| BMI | 25.7 (4.1) | 26.2 (3.4) | 26.6 (3.8) | 26.5 (3.4) | 26.5 (3.3) | 26.5 (3.6) | 24.6 (4.5) | 25.0 (4.4) | 25.2 (4.3) | 26.0 (5.0) | 25.0 (4.5) |
| Employment | |||||||||||
| Working | 1188 (21.0) | 281 (56.5) | 192 (18.7) | 20 (2.7) | 5 (1.1) | 498 (18.2) | 544 (55.6) | 125 (12.8) | 17 (2.7) | 4 (1.3) | 690 (23.7) |
| Unemployed | 436 (7.7) | 37 (7.4) | 28 (2.7) | 4 (0.5) | 3 (0.6) | 72 (2.6) | 203 (20.8) | 128 (13.1) | 24 (3.8) | 9 (2.8) | 364 (12.5) |
| Retired | 4023 (71.2) | 179 (36.0) | 806 (78.6) | 724 (96.8) | 459 (98.3) | 2168 (79.2) | 231 (23.6) | 723 (74.1) | 594 (93.5) | 307 (96.0) | 1855 (63.8) |
| Education | |||||||||||
| No education | 36 (0.6) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 7 (0.9) | 7 (1.5) | 16 (0.6) | 3 (0.3) | 4 (0.4) | 7 (1.1) | 6 (1.9) | 20 (0.7) |
| Primary | 375 (6.6) | 18 (3.6) | 56 (5.5) | 68 (9.1) | 50 (10.7) | 192 (7.0) | 41 (4.2) | 57 (5.8) | 50 (7.9) | 35 (10.9) | 183 (6.3) |
| Secondary | 2387 (42.3) | 185 (37.2) | 387 (37.7) | 298 (39.8) | 194 (41.5) | 1064 (38.9) | 410 (41.9) | 432 (44.3) | 320 (50.4) | 161 (50.31) | 1323 (45.5) |
| University | 2849 (50.5) | 292 (58.8) | 583 (56.8) | 375 (50.1) | 216 (46.3) | 1466 (53.5) | 524 (53.6) | 483 (49.5) | 258 (40.6) | 118 (36.9) | 1383 (47.5) |
| Family status | |||||||||||
| Single | 955 (16.9) | 52 (10.5) | 101 (9.8) | 90 (12.0) | 51 (10.9) | 294 (10.7) | 189 (19.3) | 196 (20.1) | 163 (25.7) | 113 (35.3) | 661 (22.7) |
| Couple | 4549 (80.6) | 435 (87.5) | 911 (88.8) | 645 (86.2) | 409 (87.6) | 2400 (87.7) | 752 (76.9) | 743 (76.1) | 457 (72.0) | 197 (61.6) | 2149 (73.9) |
| Living with another person | 143 (2.5) | 10 (2.0) | 14 (1.4) | 13 (1.7) | 7 (1.5) | 44 (1.6) | 37 (3.8) | 37 (3.8) | 15 (2.4) | 10 (3.1) | 99 (3.4) |
| Smoking status | |||||||||||
| Never-smokers | 2550 (45.2) | 163 (32.8) | 335 (32.7) | 221 (29.6) | 127 (27.2) | 846 (30.9) | 512 (52.4) | 573 (58.7) | 407 (64.1) | 212 (66.3) | 1704 (58.6) |
| Former smokers | 2761 (48.9) | 298 (60.0) | 616 (60.0) | 475 (63.5) | 324 (69.4) | 1713 (62.6) | 399 (40.8) | 341 (34.9) | 209 (32.9) | 99 (30.9) | 1048 (36.0) |
| Current smokers | 336 (5.9) | 36 (7.2) | 75 (7.3) | 52 (7.0) | 16 (3.4) | 179 (6.5) | 67 (6.9) | 62 (6.4) | 19 (3.0) | 9 (2.8) | 157 (5.4) |
Data are mean (SD) or unweight frequencies (%). BMI, body mass index.