Table 1 Functional capacity (mean and SD) in the study cohorts by sex
From: Longitudinal changes in functional capacity: effects of socio-economic position among ageing adults
Cohort | Oneway | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1946-1950 | 1936-1940 | 1926-1930 | ANOVA | |||||
Functional capacity | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | ||
Men | 2002 | 12,4 | 3,4 | 13,7 | 4,0 | 15,4 | 4,8 | 1<2<3 |
2008 | 12,7 | 3,7 | 13,9 | 4,3 | 16,4*** | 4,8 | 1<2<3 | |
Women | 2002 | 12,7 | 3,7 | 14,6 | 4,5 | 17,2 | 5,0 | 1<2<3 |
2008 | 13,2** | 3,8 | 15,3*** | 4,6 | 18,9*** | 4,9 | 1<2<3 | |