Participants Male
N = 491
1
Female
N = 1,064
1
p-value2
Age

0.025
    65-70 124 (25%) 316 (30%)
    71-75 136 (28%) 338 (32%)
    76-80 153 (31%) 284 (27%)
    81-85 56 (11%) 95 (8.9%)
    Above 85 22 (4.5%) 31 (2.9%)
Household Income

<0.001
    <C$20,000 24 (4.9%) 62 (5.8%)
    $C20,000-49,999 72 (15%) 259 (24%)
    $C50,000-99,999 204 (42%) 450 (42%)
    >$C100,000 173 (35%) 226 (21%)
    Don't Know/No Answer 5 (1.0%) 18 (1.7%)
    Prefer Not to Answer 13 (2.6%) 49 (4.6%)
BMI (kg/m^2)

<0.001
    Underweight (<18.5) 3 (0.6%) 30 (2.8%)
    Healthy Weight (18.5-25) 178 (36%) 471 (44%)
    Overweight (25-30) 221 (45%) 360 (34%)
    Obesity (>30) 89 (18%) 201 (19%)
    Unknown 0 2
Self Identified Polypharmacy 135 (28%) 137 (13%) <0.001
    Unknown 1 0
Education Level

0.3
    Secondary School Incomplete 14 (2.9%) 40 (3.8%)
    Secondary School Completed 59 (12%) 99 (9.3%)
    Some Post-Secondary Education 51 (10%) 121 (11%)
    Post-Secondary Diploma 367 (75%) 804 (76%)
Ethnicity

0.7
    White/Caucasian 434 (88%) 929 (87%)
    Asian 42 (8.6%) 94 (8.8%)
    Other / Unknown 7 (1.4%) 26 (2.4%)
    Multiracial / Multiple Ethnicities 5 (1.0%) 7 (0.7%)
    Black 3 (0.6%) 8 (0.8%)
Employment Status

0.040
    Retired 319 (89%) 681 (91%)
    Working Part-Time 15 (4.2%) 43 (5.7%)
    Working Full-Time 16 (4.5%) 13 (1.7%)
    Other / Prefer not to answer 7 (2.0%) 12 (1.6%)
    Unknown 134 315
Chronic Health Conditions


     Vision 222 (45%) 542 (51%)
     Gastrointestinal 43 (8.8%) 97 (9.1%)
     Musculoskeletal 235 (48%) 679 (64%)
     Neurological 57 (12%) 74 (7.0%)
     Cardiac/Cardiovascular 263 (54%) 368 (35%)
     Respiratory 51 (10%) 192 (18%)
     Other 399 (81%) 830 (78%)
1 n (%)
2 Pearson’s Chi-squared test; Fisher’s exact test