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. 2020 May 8;75(8):1579–1585. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glaa114

Table 1.

Baseline Sociodemographic, Clinical, and Lifestyle Characteristics of the Study Samples by Levels of Psychological and Social Well-being

Psychological Well-being (n = 947) Social Well-being (n =1,099)
Low High p Valuea Low High p Valuea
Age (%)
 <78 years 390 (48.2) 420 (51.9) .111 443 (48.0) 480 (52.0) .467
 ≥78 years 84 (61.3) 53 (38.7) 107 (60.8) 69 (39.2)
Sex (%)
 Men 190 (47.5) 210 (52.5) .234 237 (51.2) 226 (48.8) .826
 Women 284 (51.9) 263 (48.1) 313 (49.2) 323 (50.8)
Education (%)
 Elementary 50 (60.2) 33 (39.7) .033 68 (62.4) 41 (37.6) .007
 High school 235 (54.2) 199 (45.9) 276 (55.3) 223 (44.7)
 University 189 (44.0) 214 (56.1) 206 (42.0) 285 (58.0)
Smoking (%)
 Never 179 (46.4) 207 (53.6) <.001 213 (46.2) 248 (53.8) .003
 Former 187 (47.0) 203 (52.1) 218 (49.2) 225 (50.8)
 Current 105 (63.3) 61 (36.8) 114 (60.0) 76 (40.0)
Alcohol consumption (%)
 Never/occasionally 100 (58.5) 71 (41.5) .470 144 (67.0) 71 (33.0) .028
 Light/moderate 279 (47.4) 310 (52.6) 302 (45.1) 367 (54.9)
 Heavy 95 (50.8) 92 (49.2) 104 (48.4) 111 (51.6)
Depressive symptoms (%)
 MADRS ≤ 9 442 (48.8) 464 (51.2) .138 512 (49.0) 532 (51.0) .314
 MADRS > 9 18 (94.7) 1 (5.3) 18 (72.0) 7 (28.0)
Cognitive function (%)
 MMSE ≤ 26 17 (68.0) 8 (32.0) .594 24 (75.0) 8 (25.0) .702
 MMSE > 26 452 (49.7) 458 (50.3) 511 (48.9) 534 (51.1)
Personality: extraversion (%)
 Low 182 (75.2) 60 (24.8) <.001 162 (66.9) 80 (33.1) <.001
 Average 194 (52.0) 179 (48.0) 176 (47.3) 196 (52.7)
 High 93 (28.4) 234 (71.6) 111 (34.2) 214 (65.9)
Personality: neuroticism (%)
 Low 147 (32.6) 304 (67.4) <.001 181 (40.5) 266 (59.5) .006
 Average 165 (55.7) 131 (44.3) 148 (49.8) 149 (50.2)
 High 157 (80.5) 38 (19.5) 120 (61.5) 75 (38.5)
Personality: openness (%)
 Low 164 (59.2) 113 (40.8) .030 163 (58.8) 114 (41.2) .048
 Average 144 (52.9) 128 (47.1) 125 (46.3) 145 (53.7)
 High 161 (41.0) 232 (59.0) 161 (41.1) 231 (58.9)

Notes: MADRS = Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination. Levels (high/low) of psychological and social well-being according to the median of the distribution. Missing information for the psychological well-being sample: smoking habit = 5; depressive symptoms = 22; cognitive function = 12; personality = 5. Missing information for the social well-being sample: smoking habit = 5; depressive symptoms = 30; cognitive function = 22; personality = 160.

aMultiple logistic regression adjusted for the rest of variables included in the left column of the table.