Table 1

Characteristics of GP substudy participants and AugUR participants

GP sub-study participants n=589AugUR participants n=2321
Sex | n (%)
 Women313 (53.1)1219 (52.5)
 Men276 (46.9)1102 (47.5)
Age | median (IQR)79.0y (75.5–82.6y)78.9y (75.7–82.6y)
Living with partner | n (%)
 No265 (45.0)954 (41.1)
 Yes324 (55.0)1367 (58.9)
Education | n (%)
 ≤8 years309 (53.1)1173 (50.9)
 >8 years273 (46.9)1130 (49.1)
Most recent interview time point | n (%)
 2013–2015 (AugUR-1-BL)72 (12.2)322 (13.9)
 2016–2018 (AugUR-1-F1)146 (24.8)641 (27.6)
 2017–2019 (AugUR-2-BL)340 (57.7)1244 (53.6)
 2019–2020 (AugUR-1-F2)31 (5.3)114 (4.9)
Median time difference to GP substudy
 All2.66y
 AugUR-1-BL5.86y
 AugUR-1-F12.81y
 AugUR-2-BL2.09y
 AugUR-1-F20.86y
  • Shown are the numbers for 589 GP substudy participants and all 2321 participants of AugUR, which gave consent and valid information to contact their GPs. Absolute numbers and percentages are shown. y=years; AugUR-1-BL=baseline visit AugUR-1 cohort; AugUR-1-F1=follow-up-1 visit AugUR-1 cohort; AugUR-2-BL=baseline visit AugUR-2 cohort; AugUR-1-F2=follow-up-2 visit AugUR-1 cohort. Comparisons between GP-substudy participants and non-participants are presented in online supplemental table 5.

  • AugUR, Altersbezogene Untersuchungen zur Gesundheit der Universität Regensburg; GP, general practitioner.