Table 1 Characteristics of the study population before retirement by retirement type
From: Changes in physical activity during transition to retirement: a cohort study
Statutory retirement | Part-time retirement | Disability retirement | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 5770 | n = 1587 | n = 2131 | |||||
Retirement age (mean, SD) | 61.92 | 2.00 | 58.93 | 2.02 | 55.38 | 5.80 | < .0001 |
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Retirement age | |||||||
< 60 | 686 | 11.9 | 1112 | 70.1 | 1721 | 80.8 | |
60–64 | 4239 | 73.5 | 460 | 29.0 | 410 | 19.2 | |
> 64 | 845 | 14.6 | 15 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Sex | |||||||
Men | 1160 | 20.1 | 343 | 21.6 | 350 | 16.4 | < .0001 |
Women | 4610 | 79.9 | 1244 | 78.4 | 1781 | 83.6 | |
Occupational status | < .0001 | ||||||
Upper grade non-manual | 2205 | 38.4 | 534 | 33.8 | 340 | 16.2 | |
Lower grade non-manual | 1545 | 26.9 | 453 | 28.7 | 587 | 27.7 | |
Manual | 1992 | 34.7 | 593 | 37.5 | 1195 | 56.3 | |
Number of chronic diseases | < .0001 | ||||||
0 | 288 | 5.0 | 99 | 6.2 | 106 | 5.0 | |
1 | 3060 | 53.0 | 806 | 50.8 | 647 | 30.4 | |
> 1 | 2422 | 42.0 | 682 | 43.0 | 1378 | 64.7 | |
Smoking status | < .0001 | ||||||
Never | 4208 | 74.56 | 1065 | 68.8 | 1286 | 60.04 | |
Former | 940 | 16.65 | 307 | 19.83 | 390 | 18.81 | |
Current | 496 | 8.79 | 176 | 11.37 | 397 | 19.15 | |
Alcohol use | < .0001 | ||||||
None | 909 | 15.8 | 255 | 16.2 | 443 | 20.9 | |
Moderate | 4394 | 76.6 | 1184 | 75.1 | 1528 | 72.0 | |
Heavy | 437 | 7.6 | 138 | 8.8 | 152 | 7.2 | |
Body Mass Index | < .0001 | ||||||
Normal weight (< 25 kg/m2) | 2393 | 43.1 | 665 | 43.6 | 759 | 36.8 | |
Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2) | 2266 | 40.8 | 594 | 39.0 | 806 | 39.1 | |
Obese (≥ 30 kg/m2) | 890 | 16.04 | 266 | 17.44 | 499 | 24.2 | |