Table 1.

Basic characteristics of the study population.

Characteristics	Men (N=76)	Women (N=124)	Total (N=200)	P-value
Age (mean ± SD)	83.78 ± 4.04	83.24 ± 3.76	83.44 ± 3.87	0.34
BMI (mean ± SD)	22.31 ± 4.31	23.22 ± 4.75	22.88 ± 4.06	0.18
BMI (normal/ overweight/ obese) (%)	43.7	42.5	42.9	0.49
Marital status (currently married/unmarried/widowed) (%)	34.7	79.0	62.3	<0.001
Education (schooling/no schooling) (%)	41.3	55.6	50.3	0.03
Physical functional disability (mean ± SD)	5.37 ± 3.55	4.48 ± 2.98	4.82 ± 3.20	0.05
Exercise (%)	84.2	92.7	89.5	0.04
Hypertension (BP ≥ 140/90 or self-reported or on hypertensive medicine)	81.6	84.7	83.5	0.35
Hypertension (Self-reported)	64.5	64.5	64.5	0.55