Ageing and exercise: building body capital in old age

Table 1 The characteristics of the informants

Informant	Age	Level of education	Living alone	Disease/type of problems
1	72	12 years or less	No	None
2	85	More than 12 years	Yes	Osteoarthritis knees, hands and shoulder
3	76	More than 12 years	Yes	Osteoporosis
4	70	More than 12 years	No	Increased level of cholesterol
5	70	12 years or less	No	High blood pressure
6	74	More than 12 years	Yes	Muscular rheumatism, hip fracture, broken arm
7	81	12 years or less	Yes	High blood pressure
8	75	12 years or less	No	None
9	72	More than 12 years	Yes	Knees osteoarthritis/high blood-pressure.
10	81	More than 12 years	Yes	High blood pressure
11	70	12 years or less	No	None
12	71	12 years or less		Ostheoarthritis
13	72	More than 12 years	Yes	Glaucoma
14	78	More than 12 years	Yes	Knees osteoarthritis chronic lymphocytic leukemia/Former breast cancer
15	73	More than 12 years	Yes	Knees osteoarthritis/Shoulder prosthesis
16	77	More than 12 years	Yes	Ulcerative colitis hypothyroidism incontinence

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