Table 1 Study characteristics of participants at baseline stratified by aging status (n = 1584).

From: Physical Activity as a Determinant of Successful Aging over Ten Years

Characteristics

Normal aging (n = 737)

Successful aging (n = 249)

Died (ns = 598)

P-value

Age, yrs

62.0 (7.4)

59.9 (6.1)

71.3 (9.5)

<0.0001

Male sex

275 (37.3)

105 (42.2)

308 (51.5)

<0.0001

Married

494 (67.0)

191 (76.7)

353 (59.3)

<0.0001

Lives alone

158 (21.5)

46 (18.6)

195 (33.1)

<0.0001

Current smoking

103 (14.2)

20 (8.2)

103 (17.9)

0.002

Overweight/obese

127 (17.4)

33 (13.3)

89 (15.2)

0.26

Physical activity, METs

1335.6 (2055)

1798.2 (3046)

1127.4 (1871)

<0.0001

  1. METs – Metabolic Equivalents minutes of activity per week. Data are presented as means ± SD or n (%).