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Table 1 Characteristics of participants by country

From: Osteoarthritis and frailty in elderly individuals across six European countries: results from the European Project on OSteoArthritis (EPOSA)

 

Overall

Country

N = 2455

GER

NL

IT

SP

SW

UK

N = 336

N = 483

N = 319

N = 457

N = 450

N = 410

Age (years)a Mean (SD)

74.0 ± 5.0

74.1 ± 4.9

74.9 ± 5.6

72.8 ± 5.0

74.6 ± 5.4

71.9 ± 4.9

75.2 ± 2.6

% [95% CI]

% [95% CI]

% [95% CI]

% [95% CI]

% [95% CI]

% [95% CI]

% [95% CI]

Gender femalea

50.8(48.8-52.8)

39.6(34.4-44.8)

54.9(50.5-59.3)

50.8(45.3-56.3)

47.5(42.9-52.1)

58.7(54.2-63.2)

50.2(45.4-55.0)

Education (≤ elementary)

42.1(40.1-44.1)

48.4(43.1-53.7)

24.4(20.6-28.2)

74.9(70.1-79.7)

71.1(66.9-75.3)

21.9(18.1-25.7)

20.9(17.0-24.8)

Obesity (BMI ≥ 30)

28.6(26.8-30.4)

45.3(40.0-50.6)

26.4(22.5-30.3)

25.4(20.6-30.2)

34.4(30.0-38.8)

16.1(12.7-19.5)

29.0(24.6-33.4)

Comorbidity (≥2 diseases)

27.5(25.7-29.3)

27.4(22.6-32.2)

23.8(20.0-27.6)

33.7(28.5-38.9)

33.2(28.9-37.5)

20.8(17.0-24.6)

28.9(24.5-33.3)

  1. Weighted data to the European standard population in 2010 excepta
  2. P-value <0.001 in all variables between countries