Need variables | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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 | Cycle I Survivors (n = 2,737) | Deceased (n = 117) | Cycle II Survivors (n = 2,028) | Deceased (n = 80) | Cycle II Survivors (n = 1,638) | Deceased (n = 65) |
Functional limitations (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Score ≥ 2 | 26.1 | 62.2*** | 32.6 | 68.8*** | 35.9 | 78.6*** |
Physical performance (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Score 3–5 | 31.3 | 8.3 | 33.0 | 15.4 | 27.2 | 8.5 |
Score 6–7 | 26.5 | 18.8 | 24.2 | 13.8 | 22.9 | 10.6 |
Score 8–10 | 26.7 | 34.4 | 27.4 | 27.7 | 30.1 | 27.7 |
Score 11–15 | 15.4 | 38.5*** | 15.3 | 43.1*** | 19.8 | 53.2*** |
Disability (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No | 70.5 | 43.0 | 64.5 | 30.4 | 62.3 | 36.2 |
Mild | 18.7 | 25.4 | 23.4 | 32.9 | 24.6 | 34.5 |
Severe | 10.8 | 31.6*** | 12.1 | 36.7*** | 13.1 | 29.3*** |
Number Chronic diseases (mean) | 1.3 | 2.0*** | 1.6 | 2.3*** | 1.9 | 2.5*** |
   COPD | 10.6 | 25.7*** | 12.7 | 24.1*** | 14.3 | 25.4*** |
   Heart diseases | 18.2 | 31.6*** | 22.7 | 42.3*** | 25.9 | 46.0*** |
   Artery disease | 8.6 | 12.4* | 11.3 | 36.7** | 11.4 | 23.8** |
   Stroke | 4.8 | 13.2*** | 6.3 | 16.5*** | 7.1 | 22.2*** |
   Diabetes | 6.1 | 21.1** | 7.4 | 16.5** | 8.5 | 11.5 |
   Arthritis | 35.0 | 32.5 | 46.4 | 39.2 | 51.5 | 57.1 |
   Cancer | 8.4 | 16.7** | 10.8 | 21.5** | 13.0 | 15.9 |
Difficulty Seeing (%) | 21.1 | 29.6* | 21.9 | 33.8* | 22.6 | 34.4* |
Difficulty Hearing (%) | 31.8 | 38.8 | 34.4 | 40.0 | 31.6 | 42.2 |
Self-rated Health Fair to poor (%) | 36.0 | 52.2*** | 34.7 | 68.4*** | 34.0 | 53.2*** |
Cognitive impairment: MMSE Score ≥ 23 (%) | 5.9 | 24.8*** | 6.9 | 26.6*** | 5.8 | 30.5*** |
Depressive symptoms: CES-D Score ≥ 16 (%) | 11.4 | 19.8** | 11.9 | 27.3** | 13.9 | 25.0** |