Research Article
Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Statistics of Oldest Old People (>80 Years) Living in Ikaria Island: The Ikaria Study
Table 1
Socio- demographic characteristics of the oldest old (>80 yrs) people who participated in the Ikaria Study.
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| | 89 | 98 | | % of people between 85–90 yrs | 23.6 | 17.3 | .28 | % of people over >90 yrs | 11.2 | 8.2 | .49 | Marital status, % | | | <.001 | Never married | 1.1 | 2.0 | | Married | 87.7 | 40.9 | | Widowed | 9.0 | 46.9 | | Divorced | 2.2 | 10.2 | | Financial status, % | | | .39 | Low | 41.4 | 49.5 | | Moderate | 35.6 | 36.1 | | Good | 17.2 | 12.4 | | Very good | 5.7 | 2.1 | | No. of own cars | | | .001 | Members living within family (children, relatives) | | | .04 | Sq meters of house or apartment | | | .53 | % of people with own house or apartment | 97 | 96 | .81 |
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Data are presented as mean ± SD or relative frequencies. -values derived using the -test or the chi-square test (for the categorical variables).
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