Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for health outcomes, China Health and Retirement Survey 2011
| Health outcome | Sample size | % of negative outcomes | % of negative outcomes by gender | % of negative outcomes by age | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | χ 2 | 45–64 | 65+ | χ 2 | |||
| Poor self-rated health | 16,249 | 23.8 | 20.2 | 27.2 | 108.8*** | 20.5 | 30.5 | 193.6*** |
| Abdominal girth | 12,827 | 48.0 | 28.02 | 66.12 | 1900*** | 49.1 | 45.6 | 13.87*** |
| Diabetes | 10,893 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 2.9*** | 5.0 | 6.2 | 6.77** |
| High blood pressure | 10,319 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 12.3 | 7.0** | 12.5 | 14.3 | 6.5* |
| High triglycerides | 10,808 | 27.3 | 24.6 | 29.6 | 34.0*** | 28.8 | 24.1 | 26.4*** |
| High cholesterol ratio | 10,802 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 0.1 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 0.6 |
| High C-reactive protein concentrations | 10,815 | 10.3 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 13.6*** | 3.7 | 6.0 | 31.5*** |
| Weak grip strength | 12,477 | 26.1 | 25.3 | 26.9 | 4.1* | 16.9 | 45.0 | 1100*** |
| Mean (SD) | Mean by gender (SD) | T test | Mean by age (SD) | T test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allostatic loada | 10,902 | 0.7 (0.5) | 0.6 (0.5) | 0.8 (0.5) | 20.1*** | 0.7 (0.5) | 0.8 (0.5) | −8.4*** |
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
aAllostatic load reported here is log transformed