Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all participants
Characteristics | Aging trajectory | Total 12,784 (100%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Slow aging 6031 (47.18%) | Medium-degree 6090 (47.63%) | High-degree 663 (5.19%) | ||
Age, yearsa | 58.00 (6.43) | 59.08 (6.52) | 59.61 (6.67) | 58.60 (6.51) |
MDAgeAccel, yearsa |  − 1.32 (2.28) | 2.46 (2.46) | 8.34 (4.56) | 0.98 (3.57) |
Gender | ||||
 Male | 2873 (47.64) | 2880 (47.29) | 305 (46.00) | 6058 (47.39) |
 Female | 3158 (52.36) | 3210 (52.71) | 358 (54.00) | 6726 (52.61) |
Education | ||||
 Middle school or below | 3200 (54.64) | 4008 (67.93) | 489 (76.77) | 7697 (62.11) |
 High school | 1111 (18.97) | 912 (15.46) | 78 (12.24) | 2101 (16.95) |
 Junior college | 624 (10.66) | 455 (7.71) | 36 (5.65) | 1115 (9.00) |
 College or above | 921 (15.73) | 525 (8.90) | 34 (5.34) | 1480 (11.94) |
Marital status | ||||
 Unmarried | 880 (15.21) | 877 (14.97) | 124 (19.81) | 1881 (15.33) |
 Married | 4906 (84.79) | 4982 (85.03) | 502 (80.19) | 10,390 (84.67) |
Smoking | ||||
 Never | 4254 (76.10) | 3910 (71.64) | 393 (65.83) | 8557 (73.48) |
 Ever | 1336 (23.90) | 1548 (28.36) | 204 (34.17) | 3088 (26.52) |
Drinking | ||||
 Never | 4099 (74.26) | 3993 (72.68) | 417 (70.32) | 8509 (73.31) |
 Ever | 1421 (25.74) | 1501 (27.32) | 176 (29.68) | 3098 (26.69) |
Disease count | ||||
 0 | 3623 (60.07) | 2370 (38.92) | 105 (15.84) | 6098 (47.70) |
 1 | 1965 (32.58) | 2741 (45.01) | 301 (45.40) | 5007 (39.17) |
 2 | 389 (6.45) | 836 (13.73) | 220 (33.18) | 1445 (11.30) |
 3 or more | 54 (0.90) | 143 (2.34) | 37 (5.58) | 234 (1.83) |
Death | 187 (3.10) | 469 (7.70) | 147 (22.17) | 803 (6.28) |
PDIa | 40.93 (3.59) | 40.42 (3.72) | 40.30 (3.66) | 40.66 (3.66) |
hPDIa | 50.21 (3.67) | 49.78 (3.79) | 49.70 (3.97) | 49.99 (3.75) |
uPDIa | 46.80 (4.47) | 47.66 (4.49) | 47.60 (4.75) | 47.24 (4.51) |