Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of National Health and Aging Trends Study Participants Who Were Independent in in 2011
| With CVD,n = 392 |
Without CVD, n = 1,666 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Sex, n (%)a | ||
| Male | 252 (64.6) | 805 (49.1) |
| Female | 140 (35.4) | 861 (50.9) |
| Race, n (%)a | ||
| White | 341 (93.0) | 1,332 (87.3) |
| Black | 36 (3.3) | 207 (4.2) |
| Other | 15(3.7) | 127 (8.4) |
| Education, n (%) | ||
| < High school | 61 (12.6) | 229 (11.9) |
| High school | 92 (22.2) | 407 (22.9) |
| ≥Some college | 239 (65.2) | 1,030 (65.2) |
| Age, n (%)a | ||
| 65–69 | 106 (35.2) | 542 (42.2) |
| 70–74 | 96 (27.0) | 480 (30.1) |
| 75–79 | 81 (19.2) | 332 (16.5) |
| 80–84 | 80 (14.3) | 213 (8.1) |
| ≥85 | 29 (4.3) | 99 (3.2) |
| Comorbidities, n (%) | ||
| 0 | 0 (0.0) | 269 (17.5) |
| 1–3 | 205 (53.0) | 1,279 (75.8) |
| ≥4 | 187 (47.0) | 118 (6.7) |
| Baseline Short Physical | 9.05 | 9.66 |
| Performance Battery score, mean (95% CI) | (8.84–9.26) | (9.55–9.77) |
a
p <.001.