Table 1 Study sample characteristics stratified by utilization of long-term care and type of physical activity at t2 (n = 4012)
Total number of individuals per category | Individuals without long-term care n = 3250 (81.0%) | Individuals with utilization of long-term care n = 762 (19.0%) | |||||||||||
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Total | No physical activitya n = 334 (10.3%) | Walking onlyb n = 864 (26.6%) | Exercise onlyc n = 323 (9.9%) | Walking + exercised n = 1727 (53.2%) | Total | No physical activitya n = 296 (39.3%) | Walking onlyb n = 247 (32.8%) | Exercise onlyc n = 54 (7.2%) | Walking + exercised n = 157 (20.8%) | ||||
Age in years | total | 4002 | 75.0 (±6.6) | 73.9 (±6.0) | 76.1 (±6.3) | 75.2 (±6.4) | 73.6 (±6.1) | 72.9 (±5.4) | 79.5 (±7.3) | 81.1 (±7.2) | 79.9 (±7.3) | 77.8 (±6.9) | 76.5 (±6.5) |
Sex | female | 4002 | 2099 (52.5%) | 1621 (49.9%) | 178 (11.0%) | 444 (27.4%) | 166 (10.2%) | 833 (51.4%) | 478 (63.4%) | 180 (37.7%) | 158 (33.1%) | 33 (6.9%) | 107 (22.4%) |
male | 1903 (47.6%) | 1627 (50.1%) | 156 (9.6%) | 420 (25.8%) | 157 (9.7%) | 894 (55.0%) | 276 (36.6%) | 116 (42.0%) | 89 (32.3%) | 21 (7.6%) | 50 (18.1%) | ||
Education in years | total | 4000 | 11.3 (±2.6) | 11.4 (±2.6) | 11.0 (±2.5) | 11.0 (±2.9) | 11.8 (±2.9) | 11.6 (±2.6) | 10.8 (±2.4) | 10.5 (±2.2) | 10.7 (±2.4) | 11.2 (±2.7) | 11.3 (±2.5) |
Living arrangement | alone | 4002 | 1183 (29.6%) | 850 (26.2%) | 79 (9.3%) | 255 (30.0%) | 89 (10.5%) | 427 (50.2%) | 333 (44.2%) | 120 (36.0%) | 121 (36.3%) | 20 (6.0%) | 72 (21.6%) |
not alone | 2819 (70.5%) | 2398 (73.8%) | 255 (10.6%) | 609 (25.4%) | 234 (9.8%) | 1300 (54.2%) | 421 (55.8%) | 176 (41.8%) | 126 (29.9%) | 34 (8.1%) | 85 (20.2%) | ||
Income | sufficient | 3968 | 3303 (83.2%) | 2744 (85.1%) | 271 (9.9%) | 715 (26.1%) | 277 (10.1%) | 1481 (54.0%) | 559 (75.0%) | 205 (36.7%) | 195 (34.9%) | 43 (7.7%) | 116 (20.8%) |
scarce/not sufficient | 665 (16.8%) | 479 (14.7%) | 60 (12.5%) | 139 (29.0%) | 43 (9.0%) | 237 (49.5%) | 186 (25.0%) | 85 (45.7%) | 49 (26.3%) | 11 (5.9%) | 41 (22.0%) | ||
Falls within last year | ≥ 1 fall | 3997 | 575 (14.4%) | 331 (10.2%) | 50 (15.1%) | 103 (31.1%) | 37 (11.2%) | 141 (42.6%) | 244 (32.4%) | 113 (46.3%) | 65 (26.6%) | 17 (7.0%) | 49 (20.1%) |
no falls/unknown | 3422 (85.6%) | 2913 (89.8%) | 283 (9.7%) | 761 (26.1%) | 285 (9.8%) | 1584 (54.4%) | 509 (67.6%) | 183 (36.0%) | 181 (35.6%) | 37 (7.3%) | 108 (21.2%) | ||
BMI | total | 3949 | 27.1 (±4.5) | 27.0 (±4.3) | 28.5 (±5.2) | 27.4 (±15.1) | 27.3 (±4.4) | 26.5 (±3.9) | 27.3 (±5.2) | 28.2 (±6.0) | 27.0 (±4.6) | 27.3 (±5.0) | 26.4 (±4.4) |
Multimorbidity in no. of chronic conditions | total | 3976 | 2.3 (±1.5) | 2.0 (±1.4) | 2.4 (±1.4) | 2.3 (±1.4) | 2.2 (±1.4) | 1.8 (±1.3) | 3.5 (±1.7) | 3.7 (±1.7) | 3.6 (±1.7) | 2.9 (±1.5) | 3.1 (±1.7) |
Disability score (HAQ-DI) | total | 4000 | 0.3 (±0.6) | 0.2 (±0.3) | 0.4 (±0.5) | 0.2 (±0.3) | 0.2 (±0.3) | 0.1 (±0.2) | 1.1 (±0.8) | 1.5 (±0.9) | 0.9 (±0.7) | 0.9 (±0.7) | 0.7 (±0.6) |