Table 4.
Characteristics of study participants, stratified by latent class membership
| Characteristics | Categories | Class 1: Relatively healthy (n = 1394) | Class 2: Cardiovascular-metabolic (n = 623) | Class 3: Cognitive-metabolic and osteoporosis (n = 409) | P-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | |||
| Age (Mean ± SD) * | 69.4 ± 6.4 | 67.9 ± 5.1 | 71.2 ± 7.4 | < 0.001 | |
| Number of co-occurring diseases* | 1.9 ± 1.0 | 3.8 ± 1.2 | 4.2 ± 1.0 | < 0.001 | |
| Gender** | Male | 847(60.8) | 230(36.9) | 84(20.5) | < 0.001 |
| Female | 547(39.2) | 393(63.1) | 325(79.5) | ||
| Marital status** | Married | 1138(81.6) | 476(76.4) | 250(61.1) | < 0.001 |
| Single | 256(18.4) | 147(23.6) | 159(38.9) | ||
| Educational level** | Illiterate | 379(27.2) | 198(31.8) | 224(54.8) | < 0.001 |
| Primary school | 409(29.3) | 188(30.2) | 115(28.1) | ||
| High school Diploma | 465(33.4) | 195(31.3) | 58(14.2) | ||
| Academic | 141(10.1) | 42(6.7) | 12(2.9) | ||
| Physical Activity** | No active and sedentary | 1040(74.6) | 492(79.0) | 337(82.4) | 0.005 |
| low active | 246(17.6) | 97(15.6) | 56(13.7) | ||
| Active | 108(7.7) | 34(5.5) | 16(3.9) | ||
| Household Income** | Low | 252(18.1) | 123(19.7) | 138(33.7) | < 0.001 |
| Moderate | 778(55.8) | 370(59.4) | 214(52.3) | ||
| High | 364(26.1) | 130(20.9) | 57(13.9) | ||
| Tobacco smoking** | No | 425(30.5) | 204(32.7) | 108(26.4) | 0.002 |
| Past smoking | 662(47.5) | 322(51.7) | 201(49.1) | ||
| Current smoking | 307(22.0) | 97(15.6) | 100(24.4) | ||
| Sleep** | Less than 6 h | 20(1.4) | 12(1.9) | 14(3.4) | < 0.001 |
| 6 to 9 h | 1024(73.5) | 433(69.5) | 225(55.0) | ||
| More than 9 h | 350(25.1) | 178(28.6) | 170(41.6) | ||
| Polypharmacy** | Yes | 98(9.3) | 171(29.4) | 70(19.7) | < 0.001 |
| No | 958(90.7) | 411(70.6) | 285(80.3) | ||
*ANOVA
**Chi-square