Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of adults age 65 with activities of daily living disability included in the cohort.

	Normal weight (n=1,919)	Overweight (n=1,948)	Obese (n=1,772)	p-value
Age, N (%):
65–69	14.3%	21.2%	32.5%	<0.001
70–74	17.9%	20.7%	27.7%
75–59	15.7%	22.3%	19.5%
80–84	21.6%	17.0%	11.5%
85–89	17.6%	12.4%	6.4%
90+	13.0%	6.5%	2.4%
Sex, N (%):
Men	38.6%	47.9%	37.6%	<0.001
Women	61.4%	52.1%	62.4%
Race, N (%):
White, non-Hispanic	77.1%	78.2%	74.4%	<0.001
Black, non-Hispanic	7.7%	8.5%	11.9%
Other	7.8%	5.5%	4.7%
Hispanic	7.4%	7.8%	9.0%
Self-reported health, N(%):
Excellent	5.6%	7.1%	2.8%	<0.001
Very good	19.8%	21.4%	18.0%
Good	33.0%	35.1%	35.3%
Fair	27.9%	26.6%	30.9%
Poor	13.7%	9.9%	13.1%
Proxy responder (%):	13.7%	8.5%	4.8%	<0.001
Medical conditions, N (%):
Dementia	12.5%	8.1%	4.5%	<0.001
Heart disease	23.3%	22.0%	25.6%	0.04
Hypertension	62.9%	71.7%	81.1%	<0.001
Diabetes	18.9%	29.2%	45.6%	<0.001
Osteoarthritis	31.4%	24.7%	22.3%	<0.001
Lung disease	19.4%	18.5%	24.2%	0.001
Cancer	21.4%	21.8%	20.8%	0.81

Group percentages weighted according to National Health and Aging Trends Study analytic weights.