Table 1.
Sample characteristics.
| Total (N = 204) | Males (n = 110) | Females (n = 94) | p | |
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| Age (y) | 64 ± 11.2 | 68 ± 10.3 | 59 ± 10.2 | < 0.001 |
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| Living alone | 29 (14.2) | 18 (16.4) | 11 (11.7) | 0.342 |
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| Education level | < 0.001 | |||
| ≤ High school | 141 (69.1) | 91 (82.7) | 50 (53.2) | |
| > High school | 63 (30.9) | 19 (17.3) | 44 (46.8) | |
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| Perceived level of financial status (n = 165) | 0.042 | |||
| Not enough | 68 (41.2) | 51 (46.8) | 17 (30.4) | |
| Just about to sufficient to make ends meet | 97 (58.8) | 58 (53.2) | 39 (69.6) | |
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| Employed | 86 (42.2) | 46 (41.8) | 40 (42.6) | 0.916 |
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| Currently smoking | 23 (11.3) | 21 (19.1) | 2 (2.1) | < 0.001 |
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| Alcohol consumption | 0.003 | |||
| ≤ 1/mo | 107 (52.5) | 47 (42.7) | 60 (63.8) | |
| > 1/mo | 97 (47.5) | 63 (57.3) | 34 (36.2) | |
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| Moderate levels of physical activity (d/wk) | 2.1 ± 2.3 | 2.0 ± 2.4 | 2.1 ± 2.2 | 0.855 |
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| Depressive symptoms | 4.2 ± 4.4 | 4.5 ± 4.3 | 3.8 ± 4.5 | 0.254 |
Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%).