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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the eligible study participants

From: Prediction of 11-year incidence of psychophysically dependent status or death among community-dwelling younger elderlies: from an age-specified community-based cohort study (the NISSIN project)

  Women Men
All participants Missing All participants Missing
n=1419 n=1445
Present illness
 Hypertension, n (%) 551 (38.8) 0 (0.0) 729 (50.4) 0 (0.0)
 Hyperlipidemia, n (%) 915 (64.5) 0 (0.0) 791 (54.7) 1 (0.07)
 Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 106 (7.5) 0 (0.0) 205 (14.2) 2 (0.14)
Past medical history
 Cancer, n (%) 61 (4.3) 0 (0.0) 47 (3.3) 0 (0.0)
 Myocardial infarction, n (%) 9 (0.63) 0 (0.0) 32 (2.2) 0 (0.0)
 Stroke, n (%) 34 (2.4) 0 (0.0) 56 (3.9) 0 (0.0)
 Hepatitis, n (%) 41 (2.9) 0 (0.0) 77 (5.3) 0 (0.0)
TMIG, median (IQR) 13 (12, 13) 8 (0.56) 12 (11, 13) 6 (0.42)
Depressive mood,a median (IQR) 4 (2, 5) 10 (0.70) 3 (1, 5) 9 (0.62)
Life satisfaction,b median (IQR) 5 (4, 7) 9 (0.63) 5 (4, 7) 10 (0.69)
Smoking, n (%)   0 (0.0)   1 (0.07)
 Current 48 (3.4)   457 (31.6)  
 Past 68 (4.8)   704 (48.7)  
 Never 1303 (91.8)   283 (19.6)  
Alcoholic beverage intake (yes), n (%) 284 (20.0) 0 (0.0) 990 (68.5) 1 (0.0)
Physical exercise, n (%)   1 (0.07)   2 (0.14)
 Seldom 599 (42.2)   567 (39.2)  
 <1/week 112 (7.9)   146 (10.1)  
 ≥1/week 707 (49.8)   730 (50.5)  
Final education   12 (0.85)   6 (0.42)
 Junior high school 506 (35.7)   415 (28.7)  
 Senior high school 679 (47.9)   561 (38.8)  
 Junior college or higher 222 (15.6)   463 (32.0)  
Marital status   12 (0.85)   4 (0.28)
 Presently married 1181 (83.2)   1374 (95.1)  
 Never, widowed, or divorced 226 (15.9)   67 (4.6)  
  1. TMIG Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence, IQR Interquartile range
  2. aThe score of Geriatric Depression Scale
  3. bThe score of Life Satisfaction Index-K