Table 1.

Background information on athletes, chess players, moderately and inactive older adults (N = 245)

	Masters Athletes	Chess	Moderately active	Inactive
Age
50–59 years	33 (49%)	20 (40%)	27 (42%)	28 (45%)
60–69 years	21 (30.4%)	17 (34%)	21 (32.8%)	21 (33.9%)
70–79 years	10 (14.5%)	8 (16%)	10 (15.6%)	9 (14.5%)
80 and above	5 (7.2%)	5 (10%)	6 (9.4%)	4 (6.5%)
Marital Status
Married/Domestic relationship	33 (47.8%)	30 (60%)	48 (75%)	44 (71%)
Divorced/Widowed/Separated	9 (13.0%)	11 (22%)	12 (18.8%)	12 (19.4%)
Single/Never married	27 (39.1%)	9 (18%)	4 (6.3%)	6 (9.7%)
Income
<$60,000	15 (21.7%)	22 (44%)	11 (17.2%)	9 (14.5%)
$60,000 - $79,000	6 (8.7%)	4 (8%)	6 (9.4%)	8 (12.9%)
$80,000 or more	48 (69.6%)	24 (48%)	47 (73.4%)	45 (72.6%)
Education
< Secondary school	6 (8.7%)	3 (6%)	9 (14.1%)	11 (17.7%)
Secondary graduate	6 (8.7%)	5 (10%)	8 (12.5%)	14 (22.6%)
Other post-secondary	9 (13.0%)	14 (28%)	3 (4.7%)	3 (4.8%)
Post-secondary graduate	48 (69.6%)	28 (56%)	44 (68.8%)	34 (54.8%)
Years competing
<  5 years	19 (27.9%)	2 (4.4%)
6 to 15 years	24 (35.3%)	2 (4.4%)
16 to 20 years	6 (8.8%)	2 (4.4%)
21 or more years	19 (27.9%)	39 (86.7%)
Practice for activity (hrs/week)
<  5 h	22 (32.4%)	20 (44.4%)
6 to 15 h	45 (66.2%)	18 (40%)
16 to 20 h	0	2 (4.4%)
21 or more hours	1 (1.5%)	5 (11.1%)
Injury
Yes	48 (69.6%)	12 (24%)	9 (14.1%)	9 (14.5%)
No	21 (30.4%)	38 (76%)	55 (85.9%)	53 (85.5%)
Chronic Disease
Yes	11 (15.9%)	15 (30%)	43 (67.2%)	40 (64.5%)
No	58 (84.1%)	35 (70%)	21 (32.8%)	22 (35.5%)
Total (N = 245)	69	50	64	62

5 chess players did not report the number of years competed and hours/week practice in the activity

Masters Athletes and chess players were recruited whereas moderately active and inactive were acquired from the CCHS