Men (n=4849) | Women (n=5777) | |||
Demographic | ||||
Age, year, mean, (SD) range | 64.6 (9.8) | 50–100 | 65.0 (10.2) | 50–100 |
Socioeconomic | ||||
Wealth | ||||
High | 30.8 | (29.5 to 32.1) | 34.2*** | (33.0 to 35.5) |
Middle | 33.6 | (32.3 to 34.9) | 33.9 | (32.2 to 35.2) |
Low | 35.6 | (34.2 to 36.9) | 31.9*** | (30.7 to 33.1) |
Childhood SES | ||||
High | 27.4 | (26.1 to 28.7) | 29.2 | (28.1 to 30.4) |
Middle | 32.9 | (31.7 to 34.3) | 31.7 | (30.5 to 32.9) |
Low | 39.6 | (38.2 to 41.0) | 39.1 | (37.8 to 40.3) |
Education | ||||
High | 16.4 | (15.4 to 17.5) | 12.1*** | (11.3 to 12.9) |
Middle | 29.5 | (28.2 to 30.8) | 35.4*** | (34.2 to 36.7) |
Low | 54.1 | (52.6 to 55.5) | 52.5*** | (51.2 to 53.8.) |
Health | ||||
CVD % (95% CI) | 28.9 | (27.6 to 30.2) | 20.3*** | (19.3 to 21.4) |
Diabetes % (95% CI) | 14.7 | (13.8 to 15.8) | 10.5*** | (9.8 to 11.3) |
Physical functioning | ||||
ADL† % (95% CI) | 70.0 | (68.7 to 71.3) | 69.5 | (68.3 to 70.6) |
Poor mobility‡ | 17.2 | (16.2 to 18.3) | 20.0*** | (19.0 to 21.1) |
Health behaviours | ||||
BMI | 27.8 | (27.7 to 27.9) | 27.9 | (27.7 to 28.0) |
Current smoker | 19.2 | (18.1 to 20.3) | 19.3 | (18.3 to 20.4) |
Daily alcohol consumption | 41.7 | (40.3 to 43.1) | 26.9*** | (25.8 to 28.1) |
Physically inactive | 31.1 | (29.8 to 32.4) | 41.2*** | (40.0 to 42.5) |
Depression % (95% CI) | 23.8 | (22.6 to25.0) | 36.3*** | (35.1 to 37.6) |
Ever dementia§ | 3.2 | (2.7 to 3.7) | 3.1 | (2.7 to 3.6) |