Characteristics of community-dwelling older women and men from three cohorts of the Lausanne cohort 65+ study
| Characteristics | Women (n=2734) | Men (n=1994) | ||||||
| Prewar (n=917) | War (n=874) | Baby boom (n=943) | P value | Prewar (n=644) | War (n=615) | Baby boom (n=735) | P value | |
| Age (n=4728) | ||||||||
| Median | 67.8 | 67.8 | 67.8 | 0.412 | 67.8 | 67.9 | 68.0 | 0.050 |
| IQR | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| Mean | 67.8 | 67.9 | 67.9 | 67.8 | 67.9 | 68.0 | ||
| SD | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| Born in Switzerland (n=4721) | 73.3% | 72.0% | 70.3% | 0.352 | 70.8% | 65.0% | 68.4% | 0.088 |
| Citizenship (n=4707) | ||||||||
| Swiss | 78.0% | 74.5% | 73.0% | 0.103 | 76.7% | 68.9% | 72.4% | 0.002* |
| Other | 9.5% | 10.5% | 12.3% | 16.6% | 20.3% | 15.7% | ||
| Swiss plus another | 12.5% | 15.0% | 14.7% | 6.7%† | 10.8% | 11.9% | ||
| Marital status (n=4701) | ||||||||
| Single | 13.9% | 16.1% | 14.9% | <0.001* | 8.1% | 8.7% | 10.8% | 0.004* |
| Married | 45.7% | 41.4% | 40.6% | 73.9% | 71.9% | 64.3%† | ||
| Separated/divorced | 21.0%† | 25.1% | 31.5%† | 14.2% | 15.7% | 21.2%† | ||
| Widowed | 19.4% | 17.4% | 13.1%† | 3.9% | 3.8% | 3.7% | ||
| Ever having children (n=4694) | 76.6% | 76.0% | 75.4% | 0.844 | 80.4% | 82.4% | 82.3% | 0.575 |
| Living alone (n=4712) | 46.9% | 52.0% | 50.2% | 0.099 | 19.6%† | 21.7% | 27.3%† | 0.002* |
| Education (n=4263) | ||||||||
| Basic compulsory | 31.3%† | 23.3% | 17.1%† | <0.001* | 18.0%† | 11.8% | 11.3% | <0.001* |
| Apprenticeship | 37.5% | 39.0% | 40.2% | 42.8% | 41.6% | 33.7%† | ||
| Baccalaureate/professional degree | 24.3% | 25.5% | 24.7% | 20.6% | 23.9% | 24.7% | ||
| University/high school | 7.0%† | 12.3% | 18.1%† | 18.7%† | 22.8% | 30.4%† | ||
| Hazardous drinking (n=4534) | 27.4% | 28.1% | 28.0% | 0.945 | 41.9% | 40.6% | 39.3% | 0.630 |
| Currently smoking (n=4693) | 19.5% | 15.7% | 18.0% | 0.114 | 23.5% | 19.3% | 20.8% | 0.185 |
| Low physical activity (n=4640) | 4.5% | 4.1% | 5.4% | 0.384 | 4.3% | 7.8% | 6.2% | 0.035 |
| Obesity (n=4561) | 14.1% | 12.6% | 15.3% | 0.275 | 15.0% | 17.1% | 17.8% | 0.382 |
*Significant χ2 test (significance set at p<0.005 after Bonferroni adjustment).
†Significantly higher/lower observed than expected frequencies after accounting for multiple testing.