Table 2.
Distribution of baseline characteristics for 8029 eligible households
| Characteristics of household heads | Total (N = 8029) |
Without multimorbidity (N = 3458) |
With multimorbidity (N = 4571) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.006* | |||
| Male | 3787 (47.2) | 1692 (48.9) | 2095 (45.8) | |
| Female | 4242 (52.8) | 1766 (51.1) | 2476 (54.2) | |
| Age | < 0.001* | |||
| 45 ~ 54 | 2888 (36) | 1485 (42.9) | 1403 (30.7) | |
| 55 ~ 64 | 2910 (36.2) | 1124 (32.5) | 1786 (39.1) | |
| 65~ | 2231 (27.8) | 849 (24.6) | 1382 (30.2) | |
| Marital status | < 0.001* | |||
| Married | 6333 (78.9) | 2586 (74.8) | 3747 (82.0) | |
| Other | 1696 (21.1) | 872 (25.2) | 824 (18.0) | |
| Education | 0.014* | |||
| Illiterate/semiliterate | 3748 (46.7) | 1567 (45.3) | 2181 (47.7) | |
| Primary school | 1665 (20.7) | 698 (20.2) | 967 (21.2) | |
| Middle school | 1614 (20.1) | 728 (21.1) | 886 (19.4) | |
| High school and above | 1002 (12.5) | 465 (13.4) | 537 (11.7) | |
| Insurance | < 0.001* | |||
| None | 553 (6.9) | 275 (8.0) | 278 (6.1) | |
| UEBMI | 840 (10.5) | 335 (9.7) | 505 (11.0) | |
| URBMI | 343 (4.3) | 117 (3.4) | 226 (4.9) | |
| NRCMS | 5958 (74.2) | 2592 (75.0) | 3366 (73.6) | |
| Other | 335 (4.2) | 139 (4.0) | 196 (4.3) | |
| Outpatient care | < 0.001* | |||
| No | 6895 (85.9) | 3140 (90.8) | 3755 (82.1) | |
| Yes | 1134 (14.1) | 318 (9.2) | 816 (17.9) | |
| Inpatient care | < 0.001* | |||
| No | 7524 (93.7) | 3332 (96.4) | 4192 (91.7) | |
| Yes | 505 (6.3) | 126 (3.6) | 379 (8.3) | |
| BMI | < 0.001* | |||
| Normal | 5128 (63.9) | 2345 (67.8) | 2783 (60.9) | |
| Underweight | 467 (5.8) | 203 (5.9) | 264 (5.8) | |
| Overweight | 1744 (21.7) | 678 (19.6) | 1066 (23.3) | |
| Obesity | 690 (8.6) | 232 (6.7) | 458 (10.0) | |
| Residence | 0.329 | |||
| Urban | 3179 (39.6) | 1348 (39.0) | 1831 (40.1) | |
| Rural | 4850 (60.4) | 2110 (61.0) | 2740 (59.9) | |
| Family size | < 0.001* | |||
| 1 ~ 2 | 2763 (34.4) | 1168 (33.8) | 1595 (34.9) | |
| 3 ~ 4 | 2852 (35.5) | 1312 (37.9) | 1540 (33.7) | |
| 5~ | 2414 (30.1) | 978 (28.3) | 1436 (31.4) | |
| Family economic level | 0.116 | |||
| Lowest | 1992 (24.8) | 872 (25.2) | 1120 (24.5) | |
| Lower | 1990 (24.8) | 817 (23.6) | 1173 (25.7) | |
| Higher | 2035 (25.3) | 870 (25.2) | 1165 (25.5) | |
| Highest | 2012 (25.1) | 899 (26.0) | 1113 (24.3) | |
| Economic development level | < 0.001* | |||
| Lowest | 2603 (32.4) | 1072 (31) | 1531 (33.5) | |
| Lower | 1347 (16.8) | 567 (16.4) | 780 (17.1) | |
| Higher | 2213 (27.6) | 911 (26.3) | 1302 (28.5) | |
| Highest | 1866 (23.2) | 908 (26.3) | 958 (21.0) |
Notes: UEBMI: urban employee basic medical insurance; URBMI: urban resident basic medical insurance; NRCMS: new rural cooperative medical scheme; BMI: body mass index
*p < 0.05