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Table 2 Characteristics of study participants

From: Associations between socio-demographics, nutrition knowledge, nutrition competencies and attitudes in community-dwelling healthy older adults in Singapore: findings from the SHIELD study

 

n

%

Gender

  

Male

183

45.8

Females

217

54.3

Age categories

  

< 75 years

301

75.2

≥ 75 years

99

24.8

Ethnicity

  

Chinese

332

83.0

Others

68

17.0

Marital status

  

Married

297

74.2

Single

103

25.8

Highest level of education

  

Primary

62

15.5

Secondary

186

46.5

Pre-university

100

25.0

University and above

52

13.0

Smoking status

  

Non-smoker

333

83.3

Daily/occasional smoker

10

2.5

Past smoker

57

14.3

Alcohol consumption in the last 12 months

  

No alcohol

287

71.8

< Once a month

69

17.3

≥ Once a month

44

11.0

Modified Barthel Index

  

Moderate dependence (60–79)

7

1.8

Slight dependence (80–99)

21

5.3

Independent (100)

372

93.0

Charlson Comorbidity Score

  

0

392

98.0

1

6

1.5

2

1

0.3

3

1

0.3

Household earnings/month (SGD)

  

< 2000

166

41.5

2000–3999

66

16.5

4000–5999

32

8.0

6000 and above

38

9.5

Refused to answer/don’t know

98

24.6

Housing type

  

1–3 room public flats

74

18.5

4–5 room public flats

186

46.5

Private properties and others

140

35.0