表 2. Grip strength and chronic multimorbidities in Chinese over 40 years old.
Characteristics of respondents | 2011 (n=13 188) | 2015 (n=15 180) | P |
Grip strength/case (%) | <0.001 | ||
First quantile (Q1) | 308 (23.4) | 4 037 (26.6) | |
Second quantile (Q2) | 3 302 (25.0) | 4 111 (27.1) | |
Third place (Q3) | 3 305 (25.1) | 3 807 (25.1) | |
Fourth quartile (Q4) | 3 501 (26.5) | 3 225 (21.2) | |
Suffering from more than 3 chronic diseases/case (%) | <0.001 | ||
Yes | 2 402 (18.2) | 3 676 (24.2) | |
No | 10 786 (81.8) | 11 504 (75.8) | |
Suffering from more than 5 chronic diseases/case (%) | <0.001 | ||
Yes | 436 (3.3) | 937 (6.2) | |
No | 12 752 (96.7) | 14 243 (93.8) |