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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of four subsamples from the Seniors-ENRICA cohort across increasing tertiles of television (TV) viewing time (h/day)

From: Television viewing time as a risk factor for frailty and functional limitations in older adults: results from 2 European prospective cohorts

  

Subsample 1: Analyses on the PCS of the SF-12 (N = 2392)

Subsample 2: Analyses on mobility limitations (N = 1564)

Subsample 3: Analyses on agility limitations (N = 1517)

Subsample 4: Analyses on frailty (N = 1882)

  

≤2 h/day

2.1-3 h/day

>3 h/day

p

 

≤2 h/day

2.1-3 h/day

>3 h/day

p

 

≤2 h/day

2.1-3 h/day

>3 h/day

p

 

≤2 h/day

2.1-3 h/day

>3 h/day

p

 

n

%

%

%

 

n

%

%

%

 

n

%

%

%

 

n

%

%

%

 

Sociodemographic factors

Age

 60-65

920

58.6

23.3

18.1

 

681

61.1

22.2

16.7

 

672

60.4

23.1

16.5

 

713

59.9

22.7

17.4

 

 66-71

774

52.7

22.6

24.7

 

513

56.7

22.2

21.1

 

492

54.9

24.0

21.1

 

595

53.6

22.9

23.5

 

  ≥ 72

698

43.4

25.1

31.5

<0.01

370

45.4

24.6

30.0

<0.01

353

45.6

25.8

28.6

<0.01

574

43.4

26.0

30.6

<0.01

Sex

 Men

1129

62.1

27.0

23.8

 

850

57.2

23.3

19.5

 

811

60.0

24.4

19.6

 

912

56.0

23.9

20.1

 

 Women

1263

62.9

29.4

34.0

<0.01

714

54.5

22.1

23.4

0.18

706

54.3

23.5

22.2

0.45

970

49.9

23.6

26.5

<0.01

Educational level

  ≤ Primary

1292

58.9

30.5

39.8

 

776

49.6

23.2

27.2

 

747

48.1

25.3

26.6

 

996

46.2

24.7

29.1

 

 Seconday

589

32.2

15.0

11.7

 

414

56.5

24.2

19.3

 

408

57.6

23.8

18.6

 

473

55.2

24.1

20.7

 

 University

511

33.9

10.9

57.8

<0.01

374

68.5

20.3

11.2

<0.01

362

67.1

21.6

11.3

<0.01

413

62.3

21.1

12.6

<0.01

Lifestyle

BMI (kg/m2)

  < 25

464

64.0

19.8

16.2

 

349

67.1

18.1

14.8

 

357

64.2

19.6

16.2

 

369

65.1

20.3

14.6

 

 25-29.9

1179

52.4

25.7

21.9

 

795

55.1

24.9

20.0

 

795

55.1

25.5

19.4

 

942

52.9

25.6

21.5

 

 ≥30

749

44.7

23.6

32.7

<0.01

420

48.3

22.6

29.1

<0.01

365

46.6

24.9

28.5

<0.01

571

45.0

22.9

32.1

<0.01

Smoking

 Never

1404

53.4

22.6

24.0

 

863

57.9

21.6

20.5

 

835

57.6

23.0

19.4

 

1084

53.7

23.2

23.1

 

 Former

718

50.6

26.4

23.0

 

503

53.9

25.3

20.8

 

478

52.3

26.2

21.5

 

579

52.0

25.2

22.8

 

 Current

270

50.7

21.2

28.2

0.14

198

52.5

21.7

25.8

0.23

204

52.0

23.0

25.0

0.20

219

51.1

22.8

26.1

0.76

MEDAS (tertiles)a

  ≤ 6

799

49.6

22.0

28.4

 

500

56.4

20.0

23.6

 

500

54.4

23.4

22.2

 

642

51.4

21.5

27.1

 

 7-8

1023

52.3

23.6

24.1

 

657

55.3

22.7

22.1

 

631

54.2

23.6

22.2

 

763

52.5

24.3

23.2

 

  ≥ 9

570

56.0

25.8

18.2

<0.01

407

56.5

26.3

17.2

0.07

386

57.8

25.4

16.8

0.29

447

55.7

26.0

18.3

0.02

Cambridge’ index

 Inactive

1874

50.5

23.8

25.7

 

1196

54.4

23.0

22.6

 

1163

53.3

24.5

22.2

 

1472

51.2

23.7

25.1

 

 Active

518

58.7

23.0

18.3

<0.01

368

61.2

22.0

16.9

0.03

354

61.3

22.3

16.4

0.02

410

58.8

23.9

17.3

<0.01

Morbidity

Cardiovascular diseaseb

 No

2268

52.0

23.8

24.2

 

1503

55.6

23.1

21.3

 

1457

55.0

24.2

20-8

 

1787

52.5

24.0

23.5

 

 Yes

124

57.2

29.4

23.4

0.44

61

63.9

14.8

21.3

0.29

60

58.3

20.0

21.7

0.76

95

60.0

20.0

20.0

0.36

Diabetes

 No

2032

53.8

23.6

22.6

 

1351

57.3

23.2

19.5

 

1310

56.6

24.2

19.2

 

1603

54.3

23.7

22.0

 

 Yes

360

43.3

23.6

24.2

<0.01

213

47.0

20.2

32.8

<0.01

207

46.4

22.7

30.9

<0.01

2879

44.4

24.1

31.5

<0.01

Osteomuscular diseasec

 No

1218

55.9

24.6

19.5

 

920

60.0

21.9

18.1

 

917

58.2

23.5

18.3

 

991

56.8

24.1

19.1

 

 Yes

1174

48.5

22.5

29.0

<0.01

644

50.1

24.1

25.8

<0.01

600

50.5

24.8

24.7

<0.01

891

48.5

23.3

28.2

<0.01

Respiratory diseased

 No

2217

52.5

23.7

23.8

 

1466

56.4

22.7

20.9

 

1415

55.6

24.8

20.6

 

1740

53.1

23.8

23.1

 

 Yes

175

49.7

21.7

28.6

0.36

98

49.0

24.5

26.5

0.30

102

50.0

25.5

24.5

0.51

142

50.0

23.2

26.8

0.60

  1. ENRICA, Study on Nutrition and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Spain
  2. aAdherence to the Mediterranean diet (range 0-14); bSelf-reported ischemic heart disease, stroke, or heart failure; cSelf-reported hip or knee osteoarthritis or arthritis; dSelf-reported asthma or chronic bronchitis