Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Statistics of Oldest Old People (>80 Years) Living in Ikaria Island: The Ikaria Study

Table 3

Behavioural characteristics (depression and mental health) of the 𝑛=187 oldest old (>80 yrs) people who participated in the Ikaria Study.

	Men	Women	𝑃
𝑁	89	98
Participating in social events, %			.09
Never	13.3	27.7
Rare	44.6	44.7
Sometimes during a month	27.7	16.0
Weekly	8.4	8.5
Daily	6.0	3.2
Siesta on daily basis, %	84.0	67.0	.006
Geriatric Depression Scale (0–15)	3.1±3.3	4.9±3.5	.002

Data are presented as mean ± SD or relative frequencies. 𝑃-values derived using the 𝑡-test or the chi-square test (for the categorical variables).