Dental Health Behaviors, Dentition, and Mortality in the Elderly: The Leisure World Cohort Study

Table 1

Characteristics of the cohort by sex.

	Men		Women
Number	1764		3847
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age at time of dental survey (years)	81	6.5	80	7.1
Age at last followup (years)	89	5.9	90	6.2
Followup years	8.2	5.2	9.9	5.3
At time of original survey (1981–1985):
Active activities (hrs/day)	1.2	1.3	1.1	1.2
Other activities (hrs/day)	3.9	2.8	4.8	2.7
Alcohol (drinks/day)	1.7	1.5	1.3	1.2
Caffeine (mg/day)	190	176	182	169
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	25	2.7	24	3.5
Number of natural teeth	19.0	10.5	20.5	9.9
	No.	%	No.	%
Medical history
High blood pressure	572	32	1367	36
Angina	192	11	275	7.1
Heart attack	212	12	154	4.0
Stroke	58	3.3	63	1.6
Cancer	99	5.6	444	12
Diabetes	101	5.7	134	3.5
Rheumatoid arthritis	58	3.3	216	5.6
Smoke
Never	651	37	2065	54
Past	980	56	1320	34
Current	133	7	462	12
Dentures	924	52	1703	44
Deceased by December 31, 2009	1588	90	3165	82