Socioeconomic, behavioural, health and demographic characteristics of men and women LERs and non-LERs
| Men | Women | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LER (n=163) | non-LER (n=395) | p | LER (n=260) | non-LER (n=279) | p | ||
| Age, (mean years, SEM) | 76 (0.6) | 76 (0.3) | 0.61 | 78 (0.5) | 77 (0.5) | 0.38 | |
| Current smoker (%) | 24 | 24 | 0.96 | 17 | 15 | 0.48 | |
| Living alone (%) | 30 | 24 | 0.16 | 58 | 58 | 0.99 | |
| Socioeconomic characteristics | |||||||
| Manual social class (%) | 64 | 49 | <0.01 | 55 | 42 | <0.01 | |
| Receiving benefits (%) | 44 | 34 | 0.04 | 59 | 44 | <0.01 | |
| Education: | |||||||
| None (%) | 60 | 48 | 77 | 67 | |||
| Ordinary (%) | 27 | 31 | 13 | 19 | |||
| Higher (%) | 13 | 21 | 0.03 | 10 | 14 | 0.04 | |
| Home owner (%) | 76 | 81 | 0.19 | 74 | 78 | 0.24 | |
| Private pension (%) | 71 | 75 | 0.37 | 42 | 44 | 0.65 | |
| Health status | |||||||
| Health: | |||||||
| Good (%) | 55 | 68 | 62 | 70 | |||
| Fair (%) | 36 | 27 | 32 | 28 | |||
| Poor (%) | 9 | 5 | <0.01 | 7 | 3 | 0.03 | |
| Mobility problems (%) | 32 | 22 | 0.01 | 35 | 25 | 0.02 | |
| Chewing problems (%) | 15 | 13 | 0.45 | 15 | 16 | 0.73 | |
| BMI (mean, SEM) | 27.5 (0.3) | 25.7 (0.2) | <0.01 | 27.9 (0.3) | 25.4 (0.3) | <0.01 | |
| Area of residence (%) | |||||||
| North | 31 | 23 | 23 | 24 | |||
| Midlands | 20 | 26 | 24 | 21 | |||
| South | 32 | 39 | 38 | 41 | |||
| Wales | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | |||
| Scotland | 9 | 8 | 0.11 | 9 | 9 | 0.47 | |