Table 1.
Basic characteristics of two groups
| Characteristics | Homeless group (n=181) |
Non-homeless group (n=181) |
statistic | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (sd) age in years | 33.8 (12.0) | 35.6 (11.7) | t=-1.41 | 0.159 |
| Mean (sd) days index hospitalization | 36.9 (44.9) | 61.9 (58.6) | z=-4.55 | <0.001 |
| Male [n (%)] | 120 (66.3%) | 120 (66.3%) | -- | -- |
| Previous history of vagrancy [n (%)] | 111 (61.3%) | 68 (37.6%) | χ2=0.43 | <0.001 |
| Currently married [n (%)] | 64 (35.4%) | 69 (38.1%) | χ2=0.30 | 0.586 |
| Employed [n (%)] | 22 (12.2%) | 20 (11.0%) | χ2=0.11 | 0.743 |
| Did not complete high school [n (%)] | 147 (81.2%) | 130 (71.8%) | χ2=4.44 | 0.035 |
| Urban household registration [n (%)] | 32 (17.7%) | 72 (39.8%) | χ2=21.59 | <0.001 |
| Monthly income below 1000 Renminbi [n (%)] | 155 (85.6%) | 161 (89.0%) | χ2=0.90 | 0.344 |
| Diagnosis of schizophrenia [n (%)] | 63 (34.8%) | 59 (32.6%) | χ2=0.20 | 0.656 |
| Hypertension [n (%)] | 35 (19.3%) | 35 (19.3%) | χ2=0.00 | >0.999 |
| Hyperglycemia [n (%)] | 25 (13.8%) | 21 (11.6%) | χ2=0.22 | 0.640 |
| Hyperlipidemia [n (%)] | 37 (20.4%) | 36 (19.9%) | χ2=0.02 | 0.896 |
| Smoker [n (%)] | 102 (56.4%) | 96 (53.0%) | χ2=0.40 | 0.526 |
| Number of cardiovascular risk factors [n (%)] | ||||
| None | 48 (26.5%) | 49 (27.1%) | ||
| One | 86 (47.5%) | 92 (50.8%) | ||
| Two | 39 (21.5%) | 31 (17.1%) | z=-4.23 | 0.672 |
| Three | 7 (3.9%) | 9 (5.0%) | ||
| Four | 1 (0.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| Taking anti-hypertensive medication [n (%)] | 3 (1.7%) | 15 (8.3%) | χ2=10.77 | <0.001 |
| Taking anti-diabetic medications [n (%)] | 1 (0.6%) | 8 (4.4%) | Fisher’s exact | 0.037 |
| Hyperuricemia [n (%)] | 6 (1.7%) | 15 (8.3%) | χ2=4.10 | 0.043 |
| Fatty liver on ultrasound [n (%)] | 8 (4.4%) | 18 (9.9%) | χ2=4.14 | 0.042 |