Table 1.
Characteristics of 475 men aged 73 years in the study population
| Factors (% missing values) | Self-perceived health | ||
| Total n=475 | Better n=193 | Worse n=282 | |
| Anthropometrics, lifestyle and demographic factors | |||
| Body mass index (1.1%) | 27.07 (4.1) | 25.77 (2.8) | 27.96 (4.5) |
| University degree (0%) | 96 (20.2%) | 57 (29.5%) | 39 (13.8%) |
| Ever smoker (1.9%) | 313 (65.9%) | 113 (58.5%) | 200 (70.9%) |
| Pack-years of smoking (9.7%) | 8.84 (16.6) | 10.06 (21.6) | 8.00 (11.9) |
| Exercise frequency (1.7%) | |||
| Less than once a week | 82 (17.3%) | 10 (5.2%) | 72 (25.5%) |
| 1–3 times a week | 134 (28.2%) | 42 (21.8%) | 92 (32.6%) |
| 3–6 times a week | 146 (30.7%) | 79 (40.9%) | 67 (23.8%) |
| Everyday | 113 (23.8%) | 62 (32.1%) | 51 (18.1%) |
| Standard units of alcohol (15.8%) | 6.43 (6.3) | 6.88 (5.8) | 6.13 (6.6) |
| Sleep quality (0.6%) | |||
| Very bad | 65 (13.7%) | 4 (2.1%) | 61 (21.6%) |
| Bad | 159 (33.5%) | 36 (18.7%) | 123 (43.6%) |
| Quite good | 137 (28.8%) | 80 (41.5%) | 57 (20.2%) |
| Good | 5 (1.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (1.8%) |
| Very good | 109 (22.9%) | 73 (37.8%) | 36 (12.8%) |
| Sleep duration (0.6%) | |||
| 4 hours or less | 43 (9.1%) | 8 (4.1%) | 35 (12.4%) |
| 5 hours | 77 (16.2%) | 21 (10.9%) | 56 (19.9%) |
| 6 hours | 177 (37.3%) | 80 (41.5%) | 97 (34.4%) |
| 7 hours | 130 (27.4%) | 68 (35.2%) | 62 (22.0%) |
| 8 hours | 32 (6.7%) | 14 (7.3%) | 18 (6.4%) |
| 9 hours | 5 (1.1%) | 1 (0.5%) | 4 (1.4%) |
| 10 hours or more | 11 (2.3%) | 1 (0.5%) | 10 (3.5%) |
| Symptoms | |||
| Anxiety (2.9%) | 1.03 (2.0) | 0.12 (0.4) | 1.65 (2.4) |
| Appetite (2.5%) | 0.71 (1.7) | 0.05 (0.4) | 1.16 (2.1) |
| Breathlessness (2.9%) | 2.08 (2.6) | 0.50 (1.0) | 3.16 (2.8) |
| Depression (3.2%) | 1.48 (2.2) | 0.25 (0.6) | 2.32 (2.5) |
| Drowsiness (4.0%) | 2.35 (2.4) | 0.73 (0.9) | 3.46 (2.5) |
| Fatigue (3.2%) | 2.76 (2.6) | 0.90 (1.2) | 4.03 (2.5) |
| Nausea (2.9%) | 0.60 (1.5) | 0.09 (0.5) | 0.95 (1.8) |
| Pain (2.7%) | 2.84 (2.6) | 1.05 (1.4) | 4.07 (2.5) |
| Health conditions (4.2%) | |||
| Cancer | 89 (18.7%) | 33 (17.1%) | 56 (19.9%) |
| Cardiovascular disease | 179 (37.7%) | 48 (24.9%) | 131 (46.5%) |
| Diabetes | 79 (16.6%) | 18 (9.3%) | 61 (21.6%) |
| Hypertension | 275 (57.9%) | 91 (47.2%) | 184 (65.2%) |
| Hyperlipidaemia | 127 (26.7%) | 36 (18.7%) | 91 (32.3%) |
| Respiratory disease | 85 (17.9%) | 17 (8.8%) | 68 (24.1%) |
| Rheumatological disease | 30 (6.3%) | 9 (4.7%) | 21 (7.4%) |
All values are presented as the mean (SD) or frequency (%). Values in the table correspond to the values after imputation of missing values by median for continuous variables and mode for categorical variables.