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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the Vancouver falls prevention cohort (available case analysis)

From: Mobility predicts change in older adults’ health-related quality of life: evidence from a Vancouver falls prevention prospective cohort study

Variables at baseline

Mean (SD) or number (%) or median (IQR)

Age (years) (n = 315)

82.5 (6.5)

Sex (Male/Female) (n = 308)

112 (36.4)/196 (63.4)

Living status (n = 253)

 

Lives alone

100 (39.5)

Lives with others

122 (48.2)

Assisted living

31 (12.3)

Education (n = 299)

 

< Grade 9

33 (11.0)

Grades 9–13, no diploma

59 (19.7)

High school with diploma

58 (19.4)

Trades school

23 (7.7)

Some university

36 (12.0)

University

90 (30.1)

FCI (n = 320)

2.5 (1.9)

GDS (n = 315)

3.1 (2.6)

EQ-5D (n = 245)

0.778 (0.217) or 0.8 (0.27)

SPPB (n = 303)

7.3 (2.5)

TUG (n = 296)

19.7 (10.5)

PPA (n = 311)

1.7 (1.1)

MMSE (n = 315)

26.4 (3.2)

MoCA (n = 303)

22.1 (4.6)