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. 2019 Oct 22;19:1331. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7702-4

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics

Total
(n = 512)
Men
(n = 240; 46.9%)
Women
(n = 272; 53.1%)
p-value for sex-difference
Mean ± SD or % Mean ± SD or % Mean ± SD or %
Age (years old) 73.4 ± 5.6 73.4 ± 5.6 73.4 ± 5.6 0.979a
Residential area Downtown area 52.3 47.1 57.0 0.027b
Years of residence in the area 53.9 ± 17.5 59.1 ± 18.7 49.2 ± 15.0 <  0.001a
Marital status Married 80.3 92.9 69.1 <  0.001b
Current working status Working 41.6 47.9 36.0 0.007b
Years of education ≥ 10 years 61.7 72.9 51.8 <  0.001b
Subjective financial stability Poor 4.9 3.8 5.9 0.821c
Somewhat poor 18.9 20.4 17.6
Normal 61.3 60.4 62.1
Somewhat affluent 12.7 12.5 12.9
Affluent 2.1 2.9 1.5
Body mass index Underweight (<  18.5 kg/m2) 8.2 3.8 12.1 0.123c
Normal weight (18.5–24.9 kg/m2) 73.8 78.8 69.5
Overweight (≥ 25.0 kg/m2) 18.0 17.5 18.4
Comorbidity 0 34.4 32.9 35.7 0.070c
1 36.5 32.5 40.1
≥ 2 29.1 34.6 24.3
Sekentei Scale score (ranging from 12 to 60) 41.5 ± 5.0 41.4 ± 4.8 41.6 ± 5.1 0.767a
Physically active 22.3 29.6 15.8 <  0.001b

SD standard deviation

at-test, bchi-square test, c Mann-Whitney U-test