Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of the outcome variables at Waves 1 and 2 in Chinese grandparents: CHARLS 2011–2013.
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| Life satisfaction (range: 1–5) | ||||||||
| Wave-1 | 3.1 (0.7) | 733 | 3.1 (0.7) | 1,226 | 3.1 (0.7) | 808 | 3.0 (0.8) | 1,333 |
| Wave-2 | 3.2 (0.6) | 575 | 3.1 (0.7) | 1,055 | 3.1 (0.7) | 647 | 3.1 (0.8) | 1,174 |
| CESD-10 score (range: 0–30) | ||||||||
| Wave-1 | 6.0 (5.2) | 789 | 7.6 (5.9) | 1,330 | 8.4 (6.2) | 891 | 9.7 (6.5) | 1,463 |
| Wave-2 | 5.9 (4.7) | 620 | 7.1 (5.2) | 1,141 | 7.9 (5.7) | 715 | 9.2 (6.4) | 1,294 |
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| Hypertension (diastolic BP >= 90 mmHg or systolic BP >= 140 mmHg) | ||||||||
| Wave-1 | 28.6 | 664 | 23.4 | 1,223 | 27.4 | 734 | 22.4 | 1,345 |
| Wave-2 | 35.4 | 418 | 26.5 | 828 | 31.9 | 464 | 22.5 | 953 |
| High-risk pulse (> 90 beats/minute) | ||||||||
| Wave-1 | 8.1 | 664 | 5.7 | 1,223 | 5.1 | 733 | 4.1 | 1,345 |
| Wave-2 | 6.9 | 418 | 7.5 | 828 | 6.9 | 464 | 6.1 | 953 |
| Diabetes (fasting glucose >= 126 mg/dL or HbA1c >= 6.5%) at Wave-1 | 16.5 | 570 | 14.3 | 1,023 | 16.4 | 630 | 12.4 | 1,169 |
| C-reactive protein at Wave-1 | ||||||||
| Normal (<=3 mg/L) | 80.3 | 568 | 84.1 | 845 | 81.2 | 511 | 85.0 | 977 |
| Chronic inflammation (3–10 mg/L) | 14.3 | 568 | 11.3 | 114 | 13.4 | 84 | 10.9 | 125 |
| Acute infection (>10 mg/L) | 5.5 | 568 | 4.6 | 46 | 5.4 | 34 | 4.1 | 47 |
Note: BP = blood pressure.