Table 5.
Association between Self-perceptions of Aging and MCS for Urban and Rural Participants
| Urban participants (n = 492) | Rural participants (n = 537) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Coefficient | 95% CI | P | Coefficient | 95% CI | P |
| Self-perceptions of aging | ||||||
| Timeline chronic | 0.11 | −0.75,0.97 | 0.801 | −2.52 | −3.47, −1.56 | < 0.001 |
| Timeline cyclical | −0.86 | −2.14, 0.43 | 0.191 | 0.17 | −1.45, 1.78 | 0.841 |
| Consequences positive | 0.45 | −0.60, 1.50 | 0.399 | −0.25 | −1.25, 0.76 | 0.632 |
| Consequences negative | −0.04 | −1.10, 1.01 | 0.935 | −1.13 | −2.79, 0.52 | 0.179 |
| Control positive | 1.89 | 0.82, 2.96 | 0.001 | 0.62 | −0.55, 1.78 | 0.302 |
| Control negative | 0.94 | −0.20, 2.07 | 0.106 | 1.43 | −0.04, 2.91 | 0.057 |
| Emotional representations | −2.41 | −3.55, −1.26 | < 0.001 | −1.72 | −2.88, −0.55 | 0.004 |
| Controlled variables | ||||||
| Gender (ref: male) | 1.32 | −0.13, 2.77 | 0.074 | 1.57 | 0.31, 2.83 | 0.015 |
| Age | 0.20 | 0.09, 0.31 | 0.001 | −0.02 | −0.12, 0.07 | 0.632 |
| Marital status (ref: single/divorced/widowed) | −0.42 | −2.58, 1.73 | 0.701 | −1.64 | −3.30, 0.02 | 0.053 |
| Educational attainments (ref: junior middle school and below) | 0.49 | −1.03, 2.02 | 0.526 | −1.11 | −5.51, 3.28 | 0.620 |
| Living arrangements (ref: alone) | 1.19 | −1.63, 4.02 | 0.407 | 1.18 | −1.66, 4.01 | 0.416 |
| BMI | 0.18 | −0.04, 0.40 | 0.101 | −0.10 | − 0.26, 0.06 | 0.210 |
| Blood pressure control (ref: no) | 0.26 | −1.34, 1.86 | 0.752 | −0.22 | −1.54, 1.09 | 0.738 |
| Hypertension duration | 0.04 | −0.06, 0.13 | 0.435 | 0.05 | −0.05, 0.14 | 0.331 |
| Comorbidities (ref: no) | −2.65 | −4.22, −1.09 | 0.001 | 0.51 | −0.84, 1.85 | 0.458 |
Note. CI confidence interval, MCS mental component summary, BMI body mass index