Table 2.

Age, Sex, Sociodemographic Characteristics, Lifestyle Factors, Comorbidities, Falls, Mobility Limitations, Depression, Lack of Companionship, and Cognitive Function in a Cohort of 3,641 English Men and Women Aged 50 Years and Over With No Sensory Impairment Versus Dual Sensory Impairment in 2008 (Baseline).

	Overall	No sensory impairment	Dual sensory impairment	p value
Totals, (n)%	3,641 (100)	3,462 (95)	179 (5)
Covariates
Age, M (SD)	64.5 (8.1)	64.3 (7.9)	68.9 (9.5)	<.01
Male gender, (n)%	1,568 (43)	1,482 (43)	86 (48)	.17
Wealth, (n)%
1 (lowest)	453 (12)	399 (12)	54 (30)	<.01
2	645 (18)	610 (18)	35 (20)
3	737 (20)	703 (20)	34 (19)
4	841 (23)	812 (24)	29 (16)
5 (highest)	965 (27)	938 (27)	27 (15)
No educational qualification, (n)%	767 (21)	698 (20)	69 (39)	<.01
Alcohol, (n)%
Daily	589 (16)	568 (16)	21 (12)	<.01
Frequently	1,783 (49)	1,710 (49)	73 (41)
Rarely	684 (19)	651 (19)	33 (18)
Never	585 (16)	533 (15)	52 (29)
Smoker, (n)%	452 (12)	419 (12)	33 (18)	.01
Levels of physical activity, (n)%
Sedentary	123 (3)	103 (3)	20 (11)	<.01
Low	402 (11)	363 (11)	39 (22)
Moderate	1,834 (50)	1,744 (50)	90 (50)
High	1,282 (35)	1,252 (36)	30 (17)
BMI, M (SD)	28.3 (5.3)	28.2 (5.3)	28.8 (5.3)	.18
Hypertension, (n)%	1,427 (39)	1,328 (38)	99 (55)	<.01
CVD, (n)%	379 (10)	336 (10)	43 (24)	<.01
Diabetes, (n)%	279 (8)	255 (7)	24 (13)	<.01
History of falls, (n)%	582 (16)	530 (15)	52 (29)	<.01
Mobility limitations, (n)%	1,033 (28)	928 (27)	105 (59)	<.01
Depression, (n)%	396 (11)	359(10)	37 (21)	<.01
Lack of companionship, (n)%	1,242 (34)	1,159 (34)	83 (47)	<.01
Outcomes
Cognitive function, M (SD) in 2008	33.1 (8.2)	33.3 (8.1)	28.3 (8.8)	<.01
Cognitive function, M (SD) in 2014	31.9 (9.5)	32.2 (9.4)	25.5 (9.2)	<.01

Note. BMI = Body Mass Index; CVD = Cardiovascular Disease.