Journal of Aging Research / 2014 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Prevalence of Frailty Indicators and Association with Socioeconomic Status in Middle-Aged and Older Adults in a Swiss Region with Universal Health Insurance Coverage: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study Table 1 Participants’ characteristics overall and by type of frailty indicator present, Bus Santé study, Geneva 2006–2010,
= 2,930.
Participant characteristic All 100% Weakness 13.8% Exhaustion 7.0% Shrinking 6.3% Low activity 18.3% Age, years, mean (SE) 60.0 (0.1) 72.8 (0.1) 58.5 (0.5) 60.9 (0.6) 63.4 (0.3) Age 50–65 years (%) 73.6 0.0 7.6 5.7 14.4 Age ≥ 65 years (%) 26.4 52.2 5.4 7.7 29.0 Women (%) 51.0 54.2 66.1 61.5 53.6 Swiss nationality (%) 78.8 79.4 76.9 74.7 79.0 Education level (%) Low 15.6 23.9 16.8 25.7 17.8 Middle 45.5 47.4 41.8 44.1 46.0 High 38.9 28.7 41.4 30.3 36.2 Household income (%) <4999 22.7 47.6 35.7 35.8 28.5 5000–9499 41.9 38.8 32.4 36.6 38.8 >9500 35.4 13.7 31.9 27.6 32.6 Hypertension (%) 47.5 70.2 53.4 49.9 53.1 Diabetes (%) 6.6 9.1 8.6 8.1 7.3 Myocardial infarction (%) 2.4 4.9 2.0 3.2 2.5 Angina pectoris (%) 2.7 4.9 5.4 4.4 2.9 Arterial obstruction (%) 2.9 5.6 8.1 4.6 2.7 Current smoker (%) 15.9 9.8 19.5 27.9 17.4 Body mass index, kg/m2 , mean (SE) 26.1 (0.2) 26.4 (0.2) 28.0 (1.5) 24.9 (0.4) 24.7 (0.6) Waist-to-hip ratio, mean (SE) 0.88 (0.00) 0.90 (0.00) 0.87 (0.01) 0.86 (0.01) 0.87 (0.01) Serum total cholesterol, mmol/L, mean (SE) 5.63 (0.02) 5.58 (0.04) 5.59 (0.07) 5.51 (0.07) 5.60 (0.04) Serum HDL cholesterol, mmol/L, mean (SE) 1.45 (0.01) 1.47 (0.02) 1.43 (0.03) 1.48 (0.03) 1.50 (0.02) Serum triglycerides, mmol/L, mean (SE) 1.31 (0.02) 1.24 (0.02) 1.43 (0.08) 1.30 (0.07) 1.27 (0.03)