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Table 1 Background characteristics of women and men aged 85 years and older

From: Self-rated health and associated factors among the oldest-old: results from a cross-sectional study in Sweden

 

Women

Men

Total

P-value for difference between men and womena

N

592

768

1360

 

Living conditions

 Educational level (%)

  Low

60.9

50.5

55.0

< 0.01

  Medium

25.6

30.2

28.2

 

  High

13.6

19.3

16.8

 

 Country of birth (%)

  Sweden

90.0

92.4

91.4

0.12

  Other

10.0

7.6

8.6

 

 Living alone (%)

  Yes

72.0

37.9

52.7

< 0.01

  No

28.0

62.1

47.3

 

 Cash margin (%)

  Yes

86.2

92.0

89.5

< 0.01

  No

13.8

8.0

10.5

 

 Social support (%)

  Yes

85.0

87.3

86.3

0.25

  No

15.0

12.7

13.7

 

Lifestyle habits

 Physical activity (%)

  Yes

24.3

39.4

33.0

< 0.01

  No

75.7

60.6

67.0

 

 Alcohol use 4 times/week or more (%)

  Yes

4.0

7.9

6.2

0.01

  No

96.0

92.1

93.8

 

 Smoking daily (%)

  Yes

2.4

2.0

2.2

0.68

  No

97.6

98.0

97.8

 

 Obesity (%)

  Yes

11.5

8.6

9.8

0.09

  No

88.5

91.4

90.2

 

Health problems

 Accident last 3 months (%)

  Yes

10.7

10.7

10.7

0.97

  No

89.3

89.3

89.3

 

 Impaired vision (%)

  Yes

15.0

11.3

13.0

0.05

  No

85.0

88.7

87.0

 

 Impaired hearing (%)

  Yes

55.3

59.9

57.9

0.09

  No

44.7

40.1

42.1

 

 Physical mobility (%)

  Yes

44.3

56.5

51.4

< 0.01

  No

55.7

43.5

48.6

 

 Pain (%)

  Yes

80.3

75.1

77.4

0.03

  No

19.7

24.9

22.6

 

 Anxiety/depression (%)

  Yes

36.9

26.3

30.9

< 0.01

  No

63.1

73.7

69.1

 

 Longstanding illness (%)

  Yes

59.8

56.4

57.9

0.23

  No

40.2

43.6

42.1

 
  1. aStatistically significant differences marked with bold