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. 2023 Jan 3;11(1):e003080. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2022-003080

Table 1.

Descriptive details of the study sample from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing at baseline in 2004/2005 (n=3335)

Married/cohabitating (n=2524)
% (n)/mean (SD)
Unpartnered (n=811)
% (n)/mean (SD)
P value* Missing N
Male 49% (1245) 28% (226) 0.000 0
Income quintile
 1 10% (243) 27% (219) 0.000 45
 2 15% (368) 20% (162)
 3 20% (486) 20% (161)
 4 26% (635) 18% (148)
 5 30% (748) 15% (120)
Currently working 45% (1147) 26% (211) 0.000 0
Depression 4% (89) 10% (81) 0.000 16
Physically active 84% (1646) 79% (547) 0.001 688
Currently smoking 12% (295) 16% (130) 0.001 6
Friends 96% (2419) 96% (778) 0.952 20
Other immediate family 95% (2378) 92% (745) 0.015 19
Children 92% (2323) 77% (622) 0.000 9
Spousal support (out of 4) 3.6 (0.5) n/a n/a 15
Spousal strain (out of 4) 1.8 (0.6) n/a n/a 16
BMI 27.7 (4.5) 27.4 (5.1) 0.208 93
Age 63.0 (7.5) 67.5 (9.3) 0.000 0
HbA1c in % 5.47 (0.53) 5.52 (0.49) 0.006 0
HbA1c value at/above pre-diabetes threshold (≥5.7%) 616 (24%) 231 (28%) 0.020 0
HbA1c value at/above pre-diabetes threshold (≥6.5%) 60 (2%) 28 (3%) 0.096 0

*t-tests for continuous variables and Pearson χ2 tests for categorical variables without the missing category.

BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c.