Table 1.

Participants’ characteristics

	Men			Women			p value
	N	Median	IQR	N	Median	IQR
Age (yrs)	94	83.1	81.5–85.5	82	83.8	81.5–85.9	0.627
Height (cm)	94	171	168–175	81	158	153–162	< 0.001
Weight (kg)	91	79.8	74.5–85.8	82	66.3	56.8–74.8	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	91	27.3	24.9–29.8	81	26.2	23.7–29.3	0.206
Alcohol consumption (units per week)	94	2.8	0.2–8.6	82	1	0.0–4.4	0.006
Number of NCDs	94	2	1–2	82	2	1–3	0.846

	Total N	N	%	Total N	N	%	p value
High blood pressure	94	56	60	82	52	63	0.602
Diabetes	94	18	19	82	18	22	0.646
Lung disease	94	17	18	82	10	12	0.279
Rheumatoid arthritis	94	2	2	82	4	5	0.419
Multiple sclerosis	94	0	0	82	0	0	–
Cancer	94	24	26	82	14	17	0.174
Vitiligo	94	2	2	82	0	0	0.499
Depression	94	3	3	82	8	10	0.073
Parkinson’s disease	94	1	1	82	0	0	1.000
Heart disease	94	36	38	82	15	18	0.004
Peripheral arterial disease	94	0	0	82	0	0	–
Osteoporosis	94	8	9	82	22	27	0.001
Thyroid disease	94	3	3	82	9	11	0.041
Stroke	94	7	7	82	10	12	0.287
Currently married	94	68	72	82	39	48	< 0.001
Social classa	88			82			0.470
I–IIINM		37	42		39	48
IIIM–V		51	58		43	52
Smoker status	94			81			0.053
Never		51	54		57	70
Ex		41	44		22	27
Current		2	2		2	2
Lubben Social Network Scale < 12	94	18	19	82	16	20	0.951
Fried frailty	84	11	13	78	14	18	0.393

^aData obtained from the first pass of the HCS study (1998)