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. 2022 Oct 17;19(20):13407. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013407

Table 1.

Characteristics of older people in China.

Mean ± SD/% t/X2 p-Value
Total Male Female
Age (y) 67.37 ± 0.08 67.35 ± 0.12 67.38 ± 0.11 0.190 0.847
Residence 1.240 0.265
City 48.04 48.97 47.23
Rural 51.96 51.03 52.77
Education 31.665 <0.001
Primary school and below 33.62 30.01 38.04
Middle school 34.47 36.01 32.57
High/Higher Vocational/Secondary School 22.30 22.34 22.25
College and above 9.61 11.63 7.14
Spousal status 1.033 0.309
None 1.18 1.36 1.02
Yes 98.82 98.64 98.98
Annual income (RMB) 15,262.24 ± 687.77 14,875.27 ± 1004.738 15,603.58 ± 943.63 0.530 0.597
Health insurance 0.990 0.320
None 4.42 4.09 4.72
Yes 95.58 95.91 95.28
Job 106.449 <0.001
None 82.34 75.8 88.03
Yes 17.66 24.12 11.97
BMI 8.751 0.003
Not overweight 43.46 45.86 41.34
Overweight and above 56.54 54.14 58.66
Chronic disease 0.229 0.632
None 67.39 67.76 67.07
Yes 32.61 32.24 32.93
Smoking 1.303 <0.001
None 73.69 47.70 96.50
Yes 26.31 52.30 3.50
Drinking 956.230 <0.001
None 76.30 54.37
Yes 23.70 95.55
Meeting PA 0.805 0.370
No 52.80 52.07 53.45
Yes 47.20 47.93 46.55
Meeting ST 18.124 <0.001
No 87.07 89.40 85.00
Yes 12.93 10.60 15.00
Meeting Sleep 2.273 0.132
No 29.89 28.76 30.89
Yes 69.11 71.24 69.11
Meeting 24-HMG category 21.557 0.003
Meeting none 11.16 11.25 11.08
Only meeting PA 12.56 12.36 12.73
Only meeting ST 5.46 4.69 6.14
Only meeting sleep 31.02 31.84 30.31
Meeting PA + ST 0.71 0.45 0.93
Meeting PA + sleep 32.32 33.96 30.89
Meeting ST + sleep 5.15 4.29 5.92
Meeting PA + ST + sleep 1.61 1.16 2.00
Meeting number of 24-HMG 4.944 0.176
Meeting 0 11.16 11.25 11.08
Meeting 1 49.04 48.89 49.18
Meeting 2 38.19 38.70 37.74
Meeting 3 1.61 1.16 2.00
Mental health 11.724 0.001
None 46.35 49.14 43.88
Yes 53.65 50.86 56.12
Physical health 18.352 0.001
Very poor 1.96 1.51 2.36
Poor 9.96 8.53 11.21
Moderate 46.16 45.71 46.55
Good 32.47 33.65 31.42
Very good 9.46 10.60 8.46

Sleep: sleep guidelines; ST: sedentary time guidelines; PA: physical activity guidelines. p-values in bold indicate significant levels < 0.05.