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Table 1 Characteristics of participants with different nighttime duration

From: Daytime napping and successful aging among older adults in China: a cross-sectional study

 

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)