Table II:

Scale Values of Health Variables by Living Situation

	Living Alone Mean (SD)	Living with Other(s) Mean (SD)	P-value	P-value (sex + age)
Physical activity	−1.5 (0.7)	−0.9 (1.1)	0.01	0.003
Cognitive activity	−0.3 (0.9)	0 (0.8)	0.10	0.09
Social activity	−1.7 (0.9)	−1.7 (0.7)	0.72	0.70
Smoking	0.4 (0.8)	0.6 (0.9)	0.40	0.50
Memory and thinking	−0.2 (0.7)	0 (0.7)	0.02	0.04
Mood	−0.7(0.9)	−0.7 (0.8)	0.82	0.82
Diet	−0.4 (1.1)	0.1 (0.9)	0.05	0.04
Quality of sleep	−0.2 (0.8)	−0.3 (0.7)	0.44	0.47
Ability to manage blood pressure	0 (0.7)	0 (0.4)	0.68	0.66
Ability to manage blood sugar	−0.3 (0.8)	−0.2 (0.8)	0.50	0.50

^*Values represent answers using a Likert scale (−2 to 2); −2 = worsened a lot, 2 = improved a lot. P-values were determined from linear regression analysis.