Table Info

Table 1.

Sample characteristics

Variables	Octogenarians (n = 79)				Centenarians (n = 221)
Variables	M	SD	n	Freq	M	SD	n	Freq
Age	84.40	2.86			100.17	1.96
Gender
Male			28	(35.4)			39	(17.6)
Female			51	(64.6)			182	(82.4)
Ethnicity
White/Caucasian			65	(82.3)			162	(73.3)
Black Americans			14	(17.7)			59	(26.7)
Self-rated health
Poor			2	(2.7)			9	(4.8)
Fair			11	(14.7)			42	(22.5)
Good			44	(58.7)			97	(51.9)
Excellent			18	(24.0)			39	(20.9)
BMI (kg/m²)	25.92	4.92			22.96	4.79
BP (mmHg)
Systolic	131.76	18.28			127.55	15.54
Diastolic	75.34	10.96			73.70	9.11
MAP	94.15	11.83			91.65	9.14
Hypertension medication
No			43	(54.4)			140	(63.3)
Yes			36	(45.6)			81	(36.7)
Mental status	25.04	7.13			17.47	8.99

M: mean; SD: standard deviation; n: number; Freq: frequency; MAP: mean arterial pressure. Only means (standard deviations) or frequencies are shown

Declarations

Acknowledgments

Authors acknowledge the valuable recruitment and data acquisition effort by M. Burgess, K. Grier, E. Jackson, E. McCarthy, K. Shaw, L. Strong, and S. Reynolds, data acquisition team manager; S. Anderson, E. Cassidy, M. Janke, and J. Savla, data management; M. Poon, project fiscal management.

Author contributions

PM: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. RA: Formal analysis, Writing—review & editing. MK: Conceptualization, Writing—review & editing. KG: Conceptualization, Writing—review & editing. YG: Writing—review & editing. MAJ: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing—review & editing. LWP: Supervision Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Ethical approval

The study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards (IRB) at the University of Georgia and Iowa State University (XX-026) and complied with Declaration of Helsinki.

Consent to participate

Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.

Consent to publication

Not applicable.

Availability of data and materials

Data are available from the principal investigator of the study Leonard W. Poon (lpoon8122@gmail.com).

Funding

The Georgia Centenarian Study was funded by [1P01AG17553] from the National Institute on Aging, a collaboration among The University of Georgia, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Boston University, University of Kentucky, Emory University, Duke University, Wayne State University, Iowa State University, Temple University, and University of Michigan. Additional investigators of the Georgia Centenarian Study include S. M. Jazwinski, R. C. Green, M. MacDonald, M. Gearing, W. R. Markesbery (deceased), J. L. Woodard, M. A. Johnson, J. S. Tenover, I. C. Siegler, W. L. Rodgers, D. B. Hausman, C. Rott, A. Davey, and J. Arnold. The first author’s work on the project was supported by the Fulbright Commission and by United States Department of Agriculture, Hatch Project Grant, [IOW04116]. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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