Table 2.
The association between the HNC group among the three age groups.
| 16–39 Years | 40–64 Years | ≥65 Years | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HNC | HSC | p | HNC | HSC | p | HNC | HSC | p | |
| (n = 473) | (n = 4267) | (n = 1446) | (n = 9447) | (n = 1731) | (n = 15,335) | ||||
| Sex | |||||||||
| Men | 262 (55.4) | 1403 (32.9) | <0.001 | 946 (65.4) | 3936 (41.7) | <0.001 | 1142 (66.0) | 7009 (45.7) | <0.001 |
| Women | 211 (44.6) | 2864 (67.1) | 500 (34.6) | 5511 (58.3) | 589 (34.0) | 8326 (54.3) | |||
| Employment status | |||||||||
| Employed | 293 (62.6) | 2335 (55.0) | 0.002 | 898 (63.6) | 5376 (57.9) | <0.001 | 331 (20.9) | 2225 (15.9) | <0.001 |
| Unemployed | 175 (37.4) | 1908 (45.0) | 514 (36.4) | 3905 (42.1) | 1256 (79.1) | 11,809 (84.1) | |||
| Financial circumstances | |||||||||
| Good | 211 (44.9) | 2733 (64.4) | <0.001 | 707 (49.4) | 6233 (66.9) | <0.001 | 843 (50.9) | 10,248 (70.3) | <0.001 |
| Bad | 259 (55.1) | 1508 (35.6) | 724 (50.6) | 3078 (33.1) | 813 (49.1) | 4339 (29.7) | |||
| Residence * | |||||||||
| Inside | 353 (74.6) | 3232 (75.7) | 0.592 | 1170 (80.9) | 7947 (84.1) | 0.002 | 1479 (85.4) | 13,739 (89.6) | <0.001 |
| Outside | 120 (25.4) | 1035 (24.3) | 276 (19.1) | 1500 (15.9) | 252 (14.6) | 1596 (10.4) | |||
| Living alone | |||||||||
| Yes | 102 (22.0) | 619 (14.8) | <0.001 | 337 (24.0) | 1219 (13.1) | <0.001 | 334 (20.7) | 2257 (15.4) | <0.001 |
| No | 361 (78.0) | 3571 (85.2) | 1069 (76.0) | 8073 (86.9) | 1283 (79.3) | 12,382 (84.6) | |||
| Separation with family | |||||||||
| Yes | 160 (34.1) | 1304 (30.8) | 0.136 | 536 (37.8) | 3198 (34.2) | 0.008 | 532 (32.5) | 4215 (28.7) | 0.001 |
| No | 309 (65.9) | 2936 (69.2) | 881 (62.2) | 6142 (65.8) | 1106 (67.5) | 10,464 (71.3) | |||
| History of mental illness | |||||||||
| Yes | 55 (11.7) | 392 (9.2) | 0.082 | 153 (10.8) | 969 (10.4) | 0.609 | 184 (11.2) | 1218 (8.4) | <0.001 |
| No | 415 (88.3) | 3858 (90.8) | 1259 (89.2) | 8358 (89.6) | 1453 (88.8) | 13,250 (91.6) | |||
| History of lifestyle-related diseases | |||||||||
| Yes | 90 (19.1) | 528 (12.4) | <0.001 | 908 (63.5) | 5272 (56.1) | <0.001 | 1344 (78.9) | 11,876 (78.7) | 0.854 |
| No | 381 (80.9) | 3723 (87.6) | 521 (36.5) | 4125 (43.9) | 360 (21.1) | 3218 (21.3) | |||
| K6 | |||||||||
| <13 | 346 (74.1) | 3964 (93.4) | <0.001 | 1167 (82.7) | 8746 (94.3) | <0.001 | 1398 (87.6) | 13,390 (94.8) | <0.001 |
| ≥13 | 121 (25.9) | 280 (6.6) | 244 (17.3) | 529 (5.7) | 197 (12.4) | 733 (5.2) | |||
| CAGE | |||||||||
| <2 | 141 (81.5) | 1275 (89.4) | 0.002 | 576 (76.7) | 3811 (85.4) | <0.001 | 605 (79.5) | 4539 (86.7) | <0.001 |
| ≥2 | 32 (18.5) | 151 (10.6) | 175 (23.3) | 649 (14.6) | 156 (20.5) | 698 (13.3) | |||
n (%), mean (SD), Chi-square test and t-test were used. HNC: People having no one to consult. HSC: People who have someone to consult. Residence*: Inside (Inside Fukushima prefecture). Outside (Outside Fukushima prefecture).