Table 2 Demographic and clinical features at baseline of the ELSA population included in the study.

From: A dynamic probabilistic model of the onset and interaction of cardio-metabolic comorbidities on an ageing adult population

Variable

 

Full dataset (n=11160)

Training set (n=8328)

Test set (n=2832)

p-value

Sex

Male

5028 (45.1%)

3730 (44.8%)

1298 (45.8%)

0.26

Female

6132 (54.9%)

4598 (55.2%)

1534 (54.2%)

Baseline age

63.15±9.78

63.18±9.81

63.07±9.68

0.67

Education

Less than high-school

5995 (53.7%)

4467 (53.6%)

1528 (54.0%)

0.15

High-school graduate

1761 (15.8%)

1341 (16.1%)

420 (14.8%)

College or more

3404 (30.5%)

2520 (30.3%)

884 (31.2%)

Marital Status

Married or civil partner

7566 (67.8%)

5657 (67.9%)

1909 (67.4%)

0.58

Separated, divorced or widowed

2922 (26.2%)

2164 (26.0%)

758 (26.8%)

Never married

672 (6.0%)

507 (6.1%)

165 (5.8%)

Retirement

Yes

4887 (43.8%)

3641 (43.7%)

1246 (44.0%)

0.77

No

6273 (56.2%)

4687 (56.3%)

1586 (56.0%)

Physical activity

Hardly ever or never

1545 (13.8%)

1149 (13.8%)

396 (14.0%)

0.61

1-3 per month or 1 per week

2241 (20.1%)

1688 (20.3%)

553 (19.5%)

More than 1 per week

7374 (66.1%)

5491 (65.9%)

1883 (66.5%)

Smoking

Never

4383 (39.3%)

3251 (39.0%)

1132 (40.0%)

0.33

Past

5034 (45.1%)

3786 (45.5%)

1248 (44.1%)

Current

1743 (15.6%)

1291 (15.5%)

452 (16.0%)

Drinking

Yes

9983 (89.5%)

7467 (89.7%)

2516 (88.8%)

0.15

No

1177 (10.5%)

861 (10.3%)

316 (11.2%)

Drink count

2.36±2.43

2.35±2.43

2.39±2.44

0.51

ADL

0.30±0.80

0.30±0.80

0.30±0.78

0.75

IADL

0.16±0.55

0.16±0.55

0.16±0.55

0.89

BMI

28.13±5.08

28.14±5.07

28.12±5.10

0.95

Systolic BP

133.22±17.95

133.16±17.96

133.39±17.91

0.63

Diastolic BP

75.27±10.78

75.25±10.82

75.30±10.67

0.88

Fasting glucose

4.99±0.77

4.99±0.77

5.00±0.76

0.19

HbA1c

5.42±1.21

5.41±1.23

5.43±1.17

0.32

Cholesterol

5.79±1.10

5.80±1.10

5.79±1.10

0.44

HDL

1.54±0.38

1.54±0.38

1.54±0.38

0.70

LDL

3.45±0.94

3.45±0.94

3.45±0.94

0.88

Triglycerides

1.72±1.07

1.72±1.07

1.71±1.06

0.27

Fibrinogen

3.19±0.61

3.19±0.61

3.20±0.63

0.49

CRP

3.47±6.99

3.50±7.05

3.39±6.82

0.67

Ferritin

121.38±112.42

122.32±117.55

118.64±95.74

0.32

Diabetes

Yes

794 (7.1%)

599 (7.2%)

195 (6.9%)

0.53

No

10366 (92.9%)

7729 (92.8%)

2637 (93.1%)

Hypertension

Yes

3982 (35.7%)

2944 (35.4%)

1038 (36.7%)

0.15

No

7178 (64.3%)

5384 (64.6%)

1794 (63.3%)

Heart problems

Yes

1614 (14.5%)

1216 (14.6%)

398 (14.1%)

0.41

No

9546 (85.5%)

7112 (85.4%)

2434 (85.9%)

Survival

Yes

391 (3.5%)

294 (3.5%)

97 (3.4%)

0.82

No

8884 (79.6%)

6641 (79.7%)

2243 (79.2%)

NA

1885 (16.9%)

1393 (16.7%)

492 (17.4%)

  1. Kruskal-Wallis and \(\chi ^2\) tests at 0.05 significance level were used for assessing the equality of the distributions of the continuous and the categorical variables, respectively, in the training and independent test sets.