Table 1.
Baseline sample characteristics, overall and according to FOBt screening, The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, 2008–13, n = 3975
| Baseline characteristic | Overall N (%) |
FOBt screening from 2010 to 2012 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes 2817 (71%) |
No 1158 (29%) |
p value | ||
| Perceived life expectancy | ||||
| Low (0 to 24%) | 243 (6%) | 126 (5%) | 117 (10%) | <0.0001 |
| Lower middle (25 to 49%) | 312 (8%) | 197 (7%) | 115 (10%) | |
| Higher middle (50 to 74%) | 1737 (44%) | 1222 (43%) | 515 (45%) | |
| High (75 to 100%) | 1683 (42%) | 1272 (45%) | 411 (35%) | |
| Age | ||||
| Mean SD | 62.6 (4.1) | 62.3 (3.9) | 63.1 (4.6) | <0.0001 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 1801 (45%) | 1238 (44%) | 563 (49%) | 0.007 |
| Female | 2174 (55%) | 1579 (56%) | 595 (51%) | |
| Educational attainment | ||||
| Post-secondary degree equivalent | 1152 (29%) | 851 (30%) | 301 (26%) | <0.0001 |
| Up to a post-secondary degree | 1938 (49%) | 1417 (50%) | 521 (45%) | |
| No qualifications | 885 (22%) | 549 (20%) | 336 (29%) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| White | 3887 (98%) | 2760 (98%) | 1127 (97%) | 0.21 |
| Non-white | 88 (2%) | 57 (2%) | 31 (3%) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married or living as married | 3071 (77%) | 2249 (80%) | 822 (71%) | <0.0001 |
| Single | 904 (23%) | 568 (20%) | 336 (29%) | |
| Smoking status | ||||
| Never smoker | 1574 (40%) | 1175 (42%) | 399 (34%) | <0.0001 |
| Former smoker | 1850 (47%) | 1335 (47%) | 515 (44%) | |
| Current smoker | 551 (14%) | 307 (11%) | 244 (22%) | |
| Age of mother currently or at death | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 78 (12) | 78 (12) | 77 (13) | 0.03 |
| Age of father currently or at death | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 72 (13) | 73 (13) | 71 (14) | 0.002 |
| Numeracy score | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 4.4 (1.2) | 4.5 (1.2) | 4.2 (1.3) | <0.0001 |
| Self-reported general health | ||||
| Excellent | 571 (14%) | 426 (15%) | 145 (13%) | <0.0001 |
| Very good | 1311 (33%) | 989 (35%) | 322 (28%) | |
| Good | 1248 (31%) | 889 (32%) | 359 (31%) | |
| Fair | 652 (16%) | 413 (15%) | 239 (21%) | |
| Poor | 193 (5%) | 100 (3%) | 93 (8%) | |
| Cancer | ||||
| No | 3699 (93%) | 2630 (94%) | 1069 (92%) | 0.24 |
| Yes | 276 (7%) | 187 (6%) | 89 (8%) | |
| Cardiovascular disease | ||||
| No | 3044 (77%) | 2193 (78%) | 851 (73%) | 0.003 |
| Yes | 931 (23%) | 624 (22%) | 307 (27%) | |
| High blood pressure | ||||
| No | 2444 (61%) | 1765 (63%) | 679 (59%) | 0.02 |
| Yes | 1531 (39%) | 1052 (37%) | 479 (41%) | |