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. 2020 Dec 4;50(3):880–892. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa236

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of sex, age, years of interview and birth by study of participants included in the construction of the healthy ageing scale

Studies Sample size
Females Age
Years of interview
Years of birth
N % % min med max min med max min med max
10/66 16886 4.9 62 65 73 110 2001 2005 2010 1896 1932 1944
ALSA 2087 0.6 49 64 78 103 1992 1992 1993 1889 1914 1927
CHARLS 20273 5.9 52 19 57 101 2011 2011 2013 1910 1954 1993
COURAGE 10780 3.1 57 18 60 104 2011 2011 2012 1903 1951 1994
ELSA 17984 5.2 55 19 59 94 2002 2002 2015 1908 1944 1987
ENRICA 2519 0.7 53 60 67 93 2008 2009 2010 1915 1941 1950
HAPIEE 26664 7.8 53 44 58 75 2002 2004 2008 1932 1945 1962
HRS 36320 10.6 56 18 56 103 1992 1994 2013 1890 1938 1992
H2000-11 8417 2.4 55 30 49 101 2000 2000 2012 1900 1951 1981
JSTAR 7105 2.1 52 46 63 77 2007 2007 2011 1930 1945 1964
KLOSA 10 254 3.0 57 45 61 105 2006 2006 2006 1901 1945 1961
LASI 1413 0.4 56 21 53 102 2010 2010 2010 1907 1956 1989
MHAS 19 848 5.8 44 18 57 114 2001 2001 2012 1895 1946 1992
SAGE 42 268 12.3 57 18 58 114 2007 2007 2010 1893 1949 1991
SHARE 105 829 30.8 56 22 62 104 2004 2011 2013 1900 1946 1991
TILDA 8463 2.5 56 49 62 82 2010 2010 2012 1930 1948 1961
All 343 915 100 55 18 60 114 1992 2007 2015 1889 1945 1994

10/66, 10/66 Dementia Research Group Population-Based Cohort Study; ALSA, Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing; CHARLS, China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study; COURAGE, Collaborative Research on Ageing in Europe; ELSA, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing; ENRICA, Seniors-ENRICA; HAPIEE, Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe study; HRS, Health and Retirement Study; H2000-11, Health 2000/2011 study; JSTAR, Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement; KLOSA, Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing; LASI, Longitudinal Aging Study in India; MHAS, Mexican Health and Aging Study; SAGE, Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health; SHARE, Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in 20 countries from Europe; TILDA, Irish Longitudinal study on Ageing; min, minimum; med, medium; max, maximum.