Table 2.
Baseline characteristics and p-values for differences between participants in the senior meetings and control group
| Characteristics | Control group (n=189) |
Senior meetings (n=227) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age (range) | 80 (70–97) | 82 (70–92) | 0.02* |
| Female, n (%) | 107 (57) | 140 (62) | 0.30 |
| Living alone, n (%) | 86 (46) | 134 (59) | 0.01* |
| Have children, n (%) | 170 (90) | 203 (89) | 0.86 |
| Academic education,a n (%) | 37 (20) | 41 (18) | 0.66 |
| Good self-rated health,b n (%) | 144 (76) | 177 (78) | 0.67 |
Notes:
a
Tertiary education (initiated and completed university or college).
b
Excellent/very good/good (in contradiction to fair/poor).
*
p≤0.05.