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Table 1 Overall sample characteristics (≥60 years, N = 20,939)a

From: The changing alcohol drinking patterns among older adults show that women are closing the gender gap in more frequent drinking: the Tromsø study, 1994–2016

 

Tromsø 4 (1994-95)

Tromsø 6 (2007-08)

Tromsø 7 (2015-16)

Total

Men

N (%)

Attendance (%)

N (%)

Attendance (%)

N (%)

Attendance (%)

N

Age groups

 60-69

1,479

87

1,995

74

2,502

71

5,976

 70+

1,134

70

1,037

61

1,663

63

3,834

 Total

2,613

78

3,032

69

4,165

68

9,810

Age, mean (SD)

69.1 (6.8)

 

67.8 (6.4)

 

68.8 (6.7)

  

Education (%)

 Higher (>12 years)

360 (14)

 

980 (33)

 

1644 (41)

  

Relationship status (%)

 Spouse or partner

1819 (82)

 

2441 (82)

 

3251 (81)

  

Women

N (%)

Attendance (%)

N (%)

Attendance (%)

N (%)

Attendance (%)

N

Age groups

 60-69

1,620

90

2,107

80

2,677

75

6,404

 70+

1,628

67

1,323

58

1,774

55

4,725

 Total

3,248

76

3,430

70

4,451

65

11,129

Age, mean (SD)

70.5 (7.1)

 

68.6 (7.0)

 

68.9 (7.0)

  

Education (%)

 Higher (>12 years)

210 (7)

 

711 (21)

 

1431 (33)

  

Relationship status (%)

 Spouse or partner

1369 (57)

 

1958 (60)

 

2654 (65)

  
  1. aNumber of participants (N) and attendance rates of the overall invited residents in Tromsø (%), stratified by age and sex in three surveys from the Tromsø Study