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. 2020 Jan 2;20:2. doi: 10.1186/s12877-019-1408-4

Table 1.

Characteristics of participants with different nighttime duration

TOTAL
n (%)
Nighttime sleep duration (per night)
< 6 h
n (%)
6 to less than 8 h
n (%)
≥8 h
n (%)
Successful aging
 No 6191 (86.1) 2156 (87.9) 2125 (83.0) 1910 (87.7)
 Yes 999 (13.9) 296 (12.1) 435 (17.0) 268 (12.3)
Low probability of disease
 No 3822 (51.2) 1363 (53.3) 1359 (51.5) 1100 (48.4)
 Yes 3647 (48.8) 1195 (46.7) 1281 (48.5) 1171 (51.6)
No disease-related disability
 No 566 (7.6) 262 (10.3) 159 (6.0) 145 (6.4)
 Yes 6884 (92.4) 2289 (89.7) 2475 (94.0) 2120 (93.6)
High cognitive functioning
 No 3303 (45.2) 1253 (50.2) 940 (36.2) 1110 (50.2)
 Yes 4000 (54.8) 1243 (49.8) 1657 (63.8) 1100 (49.8)
High physical functioning
 No 1480 (20.1) 652 (25.9) 413 (15.9) 415 (18.5)
 Yes 5883 (79.9) 1866 (74.1) 2190 (84.1) 1827 (81.5)
Active engagement with life
 No 3660 (49.0) 1277 (49.9) 1198 (45.4) 1185 (52.2)
 Yes 3809 (51.0) 1281 (50.1) 1442 (54.6) 1086 (47.8)
Daytime napping (per day)
 0 min 3012 (40.5) 1220 (47.9) 968 (36.8) 824 (36.6)
 1–60 min 2928 (39.4) 926 (36.4) 1149 (43.6) 853 (37.9)
  > 60 min 1493 (20.1) 401 (15.7) 517 (19.6) 575 (25.5)
Sex
 Male 3734 (50.0) 1080 (42.2) 1436 (54.4) 1218 (53.6)
 Female 3735 (50.0) 1478 (57.8) 1204 (45.6) 1053 (46.4)
Age
 60–64 2791 (37.4) 870 (34.0) 1093 (41.4) 828 (36.5)
 65–74 3451 (46.2) 1212 (47.4) 1211 (45.9) 1028 (45.3)
  ≥ 75 1227 (16.4) 476 (18.6) 336 (12.7) 415 (18.3)
Community type
 Rural 5588 (76.0) 1940 (77.1) 1819 (70.3) 1829 (81.5)
 Urban 1761 (24.0) 577 (22.9) 770 (29.7) 414 (18.5)
Education
 No formal education 2428 (33.3) 940 (37.5) 702 (27.4) 786 (35.5)
 Did not finish primary school 1574 (21.6) 541 (21.6) 545 (21.2) 488 (22.1)
 Sishu/Homeschool/Elementary school 1745 (24.0) 553 (22.1) 658 (25.6) 534 (24.2)
 Middle school and above 1535 (21.1) 471 (18.8) 661 (25.8) 403 (18.2)
Marital status
 Cohabited (married or not) 5823 (78.0) 1880 (73.5) 2159 (81.8) 1784 (78.6)
 Did not cohabit (Separated/divorced/widowed and never married) 1646 (22.0) 678 (26.5) 481 (18.2) 487 (21.4)
Annual household income
  ≤ 2000 CNY 2474 (33.1) 917 (35.8) 777 (29.4) 780 (34.3)
 2001–10,000 CNY 1796 (24.1) 657 (25.7) 591 (22.4) 548 (24.1)
 10,001–25,000 CNY 1485 (19.9) 483 (18.9) 565 (21.4) 437 (19.2)
  > 25,000 CNY 1714 (22.9) 501 (19.6) 707 (26.8) 506 (22.3)
Tobacco use
 No 3942 (52.8) 1466 (57.4) 1325 (50.2) 1151 (50.7)
 Yes 3523 (47.2) 1090 (42.6) 1314 (49.8) 1119 (49.3)
Alcohol consumption
 No 5001 (67.0) 1759 (68.8) 1705 (64.6) 1537 (67.7)
  < once a month 550 (7.4) 187 (7.3) 218 (8.3) 145 (6.4)
  ≥ once a month 1915 (25.6) 611 (23.9) 716 (27.1) 588 (25.9)
Physical activity
 No 4280 (57.3) 1482 (57.9) 1487 (56.3) 1311 (57.7)
 Yes 3189 (42.7) 1076 (42.1) 1153 (43.7) 960 (42.3)
Low quality of nighttime sleep
  < 1 day/week 3805 (51.3) 716 (28.1) 1511 (57.6) 1578 (70.1)
 1–2 days/week 1008 (13.6) 311 (12.2) 421 (16.1) 276 (12.3)
 3–4 days/week 978 (13.2) 436 (17.1) 350 (13.3) 192 (8.5)
 5–7 days/week 1626 (21.9) 1082 (42.5) 340 (13.0) 204 (9.1)
Body Mass Index
 Normal 3857 (51.6) 1357 (53.0) 1333 (50.5) 1167 (51.4)
 Underweight 569 (7.7) 209 (8.2) 177 (6.7) 183 (8.1)
 Overweight 2249 (30.1) 728 (28.5) 832 (31.5) 689 (30.3)
 Obesity 794 (10.6) 264 (10.3) 298 (11.3) 232 (10.2)
Nighttime sleep duration (per night)
  < 6 h 2558 (34.3)
 6 to less than 8 h 2640 (35.3)
  ≥ 8 h 2271 (30.4)