Table 2 Socio-demographic sample characteristics
At enrolment | At 12 months follow up | Lost to follow up | P value* | Deaths | P value** | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n= 546 | N=411 | n=91 | n=44 | |||||||
N./ mean | %/SD | N./ mean | %/SD | N./ mean | %/SD | N./ mean | %/SD | |||
Age mean (SD) | 69.5 | 12.9 | 69 | 12.9 | 68.4 | 12.1 | 0.919 | 80 | 8.9 | <0.001 |
Median (IQR) | 72.0 | 16 | 71.0 | 16 | 78.0 | 17 | 0.824 | 88 | 13.5 | <0.001¥ |
Location | 0.500 | 0.382 | ||||||||
North | 252 | 46.2% | 195 | 47.4% | 41 | 45.1% | 16 | 36.4% | ||
Centre | 101 | 18.5% | 78 | 19.0% | 14 | 15.4% | 9 | 20.5% | ||
South and islands | 193 | 35.3% | 138 | 33.6% | 36 | 39.6% | 19 | 43.2% | ||
Gender | 0.970 | 0.008 | ||||||||
Female | 232 | 43% | 168 | 41% | 37 | 40.7% | 27 | 61% | ||
Employment status | 0.581 | 0.010 | ||||||||
Retired | 372 | 68.1% | 278 | 67.6% | 57 | 62.6% | 37 | 84.1% | ||
Employed | 106 | 19.4% | 83 | 20.2% | 22 | 24.2% | 1 | 2.3% | ||
Other | 68 | 12.5% | 50 | 12.2% | 12 | 13.2% | 6 | 13.6% | ||
Living status | 0.970 | 0.114 | ||||||||
Lives with family | 446 | 81.7% | 339 | 82.5% | 76 | 83.5% | 31 | 70.5% | ||
Lives by her/himself | 80 | 14.7% | 57 | 13.9% | 12 | 13.2% | 11 | 25.0% | ||
Other | 20 | 3.7% | 15 | 3.6% | 3 | 3.3% | 2 | 4.5% | ||