Table 1.
Sample of Adults Aged 60+ Years in Middle-Income and High-Income Countries.
| COL SABE |
MX SAGE |
SA SAGE |
ENG ELSA |
US HRS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | |||||
| Female (%) | 56 | 51 | 62 | 56 | 59 |
| Age (SD) | 70 (7.7) | 71 (7.8) | 69 (7) | 72 (8.7) | 69 (6.6) |
| Education (SD) | 6.0 (4.7) | 4.9 (4.4) | 6.7 (4.9) | 13.4 (2.4) | 12.6 (2.8) |
| Early life | |||||
| Height (cm) | |||||
| Males (SD) | 163 (7.0) | 164 (7.1) | 164 (13) | 172 (6.8) | 178 (7.0) |
| Females (SD) | 150 (6.4) | 149 (6.5) | 155 (12) | 158 (6.7) | 163 (6.5) |
| Not born capital (%) | 72 | ||||
| Hunger as child (%) | 32 | ||||
| Displacement (%) | 4 | ||||
| Adult life | |||||
| Obesity (%) | 27 | 29 | 49 | 29 | 22 |
| Smoking (%) | |||||
| Never smoked | 52 | 57 | 67 | 36 | 66 |
| Previous smoker | 39 | 22 | 12 | 53 | 23 |
| Current smoker | 8 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 11 |
| Diabetes (%) | 19 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 12 |
| HTN (%) | 76 | 73 | 85 | 54 | 73 |
Source. SABE-Bogotá (n = 1,890); SAGE-Mexico (n = 1,145) urban dwellers; SAGE-South Africa (n = 1,146) urban dwellers; ELSA-England (n = 4,635); HRS-United States (n = 6,153).
Note. Weighted, aged 60+ years; rounding error results in totals not summing to 100.Variables in table with (SD) show averages with standard deviations (SD) in parentheses. Missing values were imputed except for HTN and continuous height. The measurement of HTN in ELSA omits individuals who had smoked, eaten, or exercised 30 min before the interview. SABE = Survey of Health, Wellbeing and Aging; SAGE = Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health; ELSA = English Longitudinal Study of Ageing; HRS = Health and Retirement Study; HTN = hypertension.