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Table 1 Selected baseline characteristics of the participants at different time points

From: Changes in older persons’ lifestyle and perceived health over time and during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the extended follow-up of the FINGER randomized controlled trial from 2009 to 2020

 

Study group

Baseline (n=1259)

1 st year (n=1188)

2nd year (n=1144)

5 th year (n=957)

7 th year (n=842)

Pandemica (n=735)

Baseline age (years), mean (SD)

All

68.8

(4.7)

68.8

(4.7)

68.7

(4.7)

68.6

(4.7)**

68.5

(4.7)***

68.1

(4.7)***

Intervention

69.0 (4.7)

69.0 (4.6)

68.9 (4.6)

68.7 (4.6)

68.6 (4.7)

68.4 (4.7)

Control

68.7 (4.7)

68.7 (4.7)

68.5 (4.7)

68.6 (4.8)

68.3 (4.7)

67.8 (4.6)

Men, n (%)

All

672 (53.4%)

634 (53.4%)

614 (53.7%)

515 (53.8%)

447 (53.1%)

388 (52.8%)

Intervention

345 (54.7%)

320 (54.7%)

317 (55.5%)

263 (56.7%)

234 (55.3%)

195 (54.5%)

Control

327 (52.1%)

314 (52.1%)

297 (51.8%)

252 (51.1%)

213 (50.8%)

193 (51.2%)

Education (years), mean (SD)

All

10.0

(3.4)

10.0

(3.4)

10.0

(3.4)

10.1 (3.5)*

10.2

(3.5)**

10.2

(3.4)*

Intervention

10.0 (3.5)

10.0 (3.4)

10.0 (3.4)

10.1 (3.5)

10.1 (3.6)

10.0 (3.3)

Control

10.0 (3.4)

10.0 (3.4)

10.1 (3.4)

10.1 (3.4)

10.2 (3.4)

10.3 (3.5)

Married orcohabiting at baseline, n (%)

All

932

(74.4%)

883

(74.8%)

858

(75.5%)**

729

(76.6%)**

645

(77.1%)**

564

(77.2%)**

Intervention

459 (73.3%)

430 (74.1%)

425 (75.1%)

357 (77.4%)

323 (76.9%)

274 (77.2%)

Control

473 (75.6%)

453 (75.4%)

433 (75.8%)

372 (75.8%)

322 (77.2%)

290 (77.1%)

Hypertensionb at baseline, n (%)

All

647 (51.7%)

612 (51.9%)

591 (51.9%)

479 (50.4%)

415 (49.6%)*

363 (49.7%)

Intervention

324 (51.6%)

302 (51.9%)

294 (51.7%)

230 (49.8%)

207 (49.2%)

174 (48.7%)

Control

323 (51.8%)

310 (51.8%)

297 (52.2%)

249 (50.9%)

208 (50.0%)

189 (50.5%)

Diabetesb at baseline, n (%)

All

168 (13.4%)

157 (13.3%)

149 (13.1%)

120 (12.6%)

100 (11.9%)*

83 (11.3%)*

Intervention

87 (13.8%)

78 (13.4%)

74 (13.0%)

58 (12.5%)

51 (12.1%)

43 (12.0%)

Control

81 (13.0%)

79 (13.2%)

75 (13.2%)

62 (12.7%)

49 (11.8%)

40 (10.7%)

Depressionb at baseline, n (%)

All

80 (6.4%)

78 (6.6%)

72 (6.3%)

57 (6.0%)

47 (5.6%)

41 (5.6%)

Intervention

36 (5.7%)

35 (6.0%)

31 (5.4%)

24 (5.2%)

22 (5.2%)

19 (5.3%)

Control

44 (7.1%)

43 (7.2%)

41 (7.2%)

33 (6.8%)

25 (6.0%)

22 (5.9%)

  1. Changes reflect differences in participation in different time points. Statistically significant differences between participants and those who dropped out at different time points are presented in superscripts (*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001)
  2. aQuestionnaire in summer 2020, follow-up time on average 10 years
  3. bHypertension, diabetes, and depression were self-reported by participants at baseline
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