Table 1.
Characteristics of CHARLS participants by awareness of hypertension and diabetes in 2011
| Characteristic | Total sample | Hypertension | Diabetes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aware | Unaware | P-value | Aware | Unaware | P-value | ||
| No. (%) | 9357 | 2466 (26.4) | 2128 (22.7) | – | 568 (6.1) | 1135 (12.1) | – |
| Age, No. (%) | |||||||
| 45–59 | 5170 (55.3) | 1085 (44.0) | 1550 (54.0) | < 0.01 | 271 (47.7) | 603 (53.1) | < 0.01 |
| 60–69 | 2711 (29.0) | 881 (35.7) | 556 (26.1) | 210 (37.0) | 333 (29.3) | ||
| > =70 | 1476 (15.8) | 500 (20.3) | 422 (19.8) | 87 (15.3) | 199 (17.5) | ||
| Sex, No. (%) | |||||||
| Men | 4310 (46.1) | 1077 (43.7) | 1029 (48.4) | < 0.01 | 248 (43.7) | 540 (47.6) | 0.13 |
| Women | 5047 (53.9) | 1389 (56.3) | 1099 (51.6) | 320 (56.3) | 595 (52.4) | ||
| Hukou status, No. (%) | |||||||
| Urban | 1679 (17.9) | 551 (22.3) | 395 (18.6) | < 0.01 | 177 (31.2) | 212 (18.7) | < 0.01 |
| Rural | 7678 (82.1) | 1915 (77.7) | 1733 (81.4) | 391 (68.8) | 923 (81.3) | ||
| Education, No. (%) | |||||||
| Illiterate | 2682 (28.7) | 734 (29.8) | 651 (30.6) | 0.09 | 138 (24.3) | 329 (29.0) | 0.03 |
| Literate (< 5 yrs) | 1723 (18.4) | 473 (19.2) | 347 (16.3) | 99 (17.4) | 232 (20.4) | ||
| Primary school (5–6 yrs) | 2064 (22.1) | 547 (22.2) | 487 (22.9) | 130 (22.9) | 226 (19.9) | ||
| Junior school + (> 6 yrs) | 2888 (30.9) | 712 (28.9) | 643 (30.2) | 201 (35.4) | 348 (30.7) | ||
| Log (PCEa), No. (%) | |||||||
| Bottom tertile (< 170 rmb) | 3119 (33.3) | 821 (33.3) | 723 (34.0) | 0.89 | 162 (28.6) | 384 (33.8) | < 0.01 |
| Middle tertile (170–519 rmb) | 3119 (33.3) | 810 (32.8) | 693 (32.6) | 163 (28.8) | 396 (34.9) | ||
| Top tertile (> 519 rmb) | 3119 (33.3) | 835 (33.9) | 712 (33.4) | 243 (42.6) | 355 (31.3) | ||
| Smoking status, No. (%) | |||||||
| Current | 2660 (28.4) | 579 (23.5) | 616 (29.0) | < 0.01 | 121 (21.3) | 340 (30.0) | < 0.01 |
| Ever | 813 (8.7) | 280 (11.4) | 153 (7.2) | 75 (13.2) | 111 (9.8) | ||
| None | 5884 (62.9) | 1607 (65.2) | 1359 (63.9) | 372 (65.5) | 684 (60.3) | ||
| Past-year alcohol drinking, No. (%) | |||||||
| Yes | 3058 (32.7) | 675 (27.4) | 767 (36.0) | < 0.01 | 154 (27.1) | 396 (34.9) | < 0.01 |
| No | 6299 (67.3) | 1791 (72.6) | 1361 (64.0) | 414 (72.9) | 739 (65.1) | ||
| BMI, No. (%) | |||||||
| < 23 (Normal) | 4482 (47.9) | 754 (30.6) | 1044 (49.1) | < 0.01 | 145 (25.5) | 472 (41.6) | < 0.01 |
| 23- < 27.5 (Overweight) | 3528 (37.7) | 1065 (43.2) | 775 (36.4) | 258 (45.5) | 434 (38.2) | ||
| > =27.5 (Obese) | 1347 (14.4) | 647 (26.2) | 309 (14.6) | 165 (29.0) | 229 (20.2) | ||
aPCE Per capita monthly household expenditure