From: The longitudinal exercise trend among older Swedes aged 53–84 years – a 16-year follow-up study
Variable | Men | Women | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1988/89 | 1996/97 | 2004/05 | 1988/89 | 1996/97 | 2004/05 | |
N | 995 | 988 | 930 | 1,184 | 1,127 | 1,006 |
Total | 27.1 | 30.2 | 43.1 | 21.1 | 21.7 | 41.1 |
Age (years) | ||||||
53-60 | 25.0d) | 35.3e) | 39.1f) | 24.5d) | 27.1e) | 47.0f) |
61-68 | 33.8c) | 31.9d) | 46.0e) | 28.2c) | 26.7d) | 45.9e) |
69-76 | 27.6b) | 26.4c) | 49.7d) | 18.2b) | 20.8c) | 35.6d) |
77-84 | 17.8a) | 22.0b) | 40.0c) | 9.0a) | 8.1b) | 26.0c) |
Educational level | ||||||
Low-middle | 25.9 | 26.5 | 40.4 | 19.7 | 20.7 | 36.9 |
High | 31.0 | 39.2 | 47.3 | 30.4 | 25.9 | 50.5 |
BMI | ||||||
Normal | 28.9 | 36.7 | 48.2 | 22.4 | 25.4 | 46.0 |
Overweight | 26.9 | 27.4 | 42.4 | 19.8 | 19.2 | 41.0 |
Obesity | 15.9 | 11.6 | 29.5 | 18.0 | 12.6 | 23.7 |
Smoking | ||||||
Never | 27.5 | 34.4 | 45.4 | 21.8 | 21.3 | 42.6 |
Former | 30.9 | 28.5 | 44.4 | 25.1 | 25.1 | 45.1 |
Daily | 18.9 | 26.1 | 32.3 | 14.5 | 18.4 | 29.7 |
Self-reported health status | ||||||
Good | 34.1 | 36.5 | 49.6 | 28.5 | 28.7 | 50.2 |
Poor | 14.8 | 18.2 | 29.2 | 11.7 | 12.8 | 27.6 |