Baseline characteristics of the study population at age 85 years stratified according to the number of abnormal laboratory results.

Continuous data are presented as median (IQR); p for trend values were obtained by Jonckheere Terpstra tests.
Categorical data are presented as number (%); p for trend values were obtained by Linear by Linear tests.
*cancer, myocardial infarction, stroke, dementia, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Parkinson’s disease, hip fracture, arthritis.