Assessment of the Health Status of the Oldest Olds Living on the Greek Island of Ikaria: A Population Based-Study in a Blue Zone
Table 3
Medical data of participants.
Parameter
Females
Males
Total
n/N (%) or mean ± SD ()
n/N (%) or mean ± SD ()
n/N (%) or mean ± SD ()
Self-rated health
Very good to good
18/34 (52.9)
23/33 (69.7)
41/67 (61.2)
0.273
Medium
12/34 (35.3)
6/33 (18.2)
18/67 (26.9)
Very poor to poor
4/34 (11.8)
4/33 (12.1)
8/67 (11.9)
Sleep
Mean duration
8.8 ± 1.7
9.1 ± 1.8
9.0 ± 1.8
0.473
Very good to good quality
18/33 (54.5)
20/34 (58.8)
38/67 (56.7)
0.813
Acceptable quality
12/33 (36.4)
10/34 (29.4)
22/67 (32.8)
Very bad to bad quality
3/33 (9.1)
4/34 (11.8)
7/67 (10.5)
BP (mmHg)
SBP
130.7 ± 16.6 (36)
135.6 ± 18.1 (32)
133.0 ± 17.4 (68)
0.238
DBP
70.8 ± 9.5 (36)
70.6 ± 10.0 (32)
70.7 ± 9.7 (68)
0.931
Heart rate (min)
66.4 ± 9.0 (28)
70.7 ± 11.7 (31)
68.6 ± 10.6 (59)
0.086
Cardiovascular risk factors
Hypertension
28/37 (75.7)
22/34 (64.7)
50/71 (70.4)
0.314
Diabetes
8/37 (21.6)
6/34 (17.6)
14/71 (19.7)
0.674
Dyslipidemia
5/37 (13.5)
4/34 (11.8)
9/71 (12.7)
0.839
Comorbidities
Cardiovascular diseases
15/37 (40.5)
12/34 (35.3)
27/71 (38.0)
0.660
COPD
1/37 (2.7)
6/31 (19.4)
7/68 (10.3)
0.034
Cancer
2/37 (5.4)
3/31 (9.7)
5/68 (7.4)
0.543
Osteoporosis
5/37 (13.5)
2/31 (6.5)
7/68 (10.3)
0.379
Dysthyroidism
8/37 (21.6)
2/31 (6.5)
10/68 (14.7)
0.091
Drugs
All drugs
34/37 (91.9)
24/34 (70.6)
58/71 (81.7)
0.020
Cardiovascular drugs
30/37 (81.1)
21/34 (61.8)
51/71 (71.8)
0.080
Psychotropic drugs
12/37 (32.4)
8/34 (23.5)
20/71 (28.2)
0.422
: number of subjects for each category of the considered parameter, : number of subjects who were assessed for each parameter in each group (females, males or total), SD: standard deviation, BP: blood pressure, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Chi-2 test or Fisher’s exact test for frequencies and Student’s unpaired t-test for means were used.
