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. 2020 Mar 18;18:75. doi: 10.1186/s12955-020-01325-z

Table 2.

Comparison of baseline characteristics after PSM

Proxy-report
(n = 8190)
Self-report
(n = 14,092)
P-value
Household heads 1698 (20.7) 3529 (25.0) <  0.001
Age (y)
 15–44 4480 (54.7) 7107 (50.4) <  0.001
 45–64 2213 (27.0) 4267 (30.3)
  > 65 1497 (18.3) 2718 (19.3)
Male 4284 (52.3) 7172 (50.9) 0.042
Marital status
 Unmarried 2104 (25.7) 2457 (17.4) <  0.001
 Married 5264 (64.3) 10,270 (72.9)
 Widowed 727 (8.9) 1208 (8.6)
 Divorced 83 (1.0) 142 (1.0)
 Others 12 (0.1) 15 (0.1)
Senior high school and below 5857 (71.5) 10,394 (73.8) <  0.001
In agriculture industry 6546 (79.9) 11,248 (79.8) 0.846
Employment status
 Employed 5208 (63.6) 9426 (66.9) <  0.001
 Retiree 478 (5.8) 970 (6.9)
 Student 729 (8.9) 736 (5.2)
 Unemployed 1775 (21.7) 2960 (21.0)
Smoking status
 Smoker 2385 (29.1) 4265 (30.3) 0.002
 Ex-smoker 199 (2.4) 432 (3.1)
 Non-smoker 5606 (68.4) 9395 (66.7)
Alcohol consumption
 1–2 times a week 1174 (14.3) 2157 (15.3) 0.134
  ≥ 3 times a week 287 (3.5) 503 (3.6)
 Non-drinker 6729 (82.2) 11,432 (81.1)
Physical exercise
  ≥ 6 times a week 859 (10.5) 1518 (10.8) 0.009
  < 6 times a week 1247 (15.2) 1936 (13.7)
 Never exercised 6084 (74.3) 10,638 (75.5)
Chronic disease morbidity 1560 (19.0) 2931 (20.8) 0.002
Two-week morbidity 1304 (15.9) 2349 (16.7) 0.146
Hospitalized 674 (8.2) 1196 (8.5) 0.504