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Table 1 Characteristics of study population at baseline by survival status and quality of dying

From: Association of sleep duration with risk of all-cause mortality and poor quality of dying in oldest-old people: a community-based longitudinal study

Characteristics, No. (%)

Participants for sleep duration-total mortality association

Participants for sleep duration-quality of dying association

Alive (n = 3466)

Dead (n = 11,582)

Good (n = 6528)

Poor (n = 4116)

Female sex

2113 (60.9)

7154 (61.8)

4182 (57.7)

2683 (65.2)

Age at baseline a

89.3 (6.9)

93.9 (6.7)

–

–

Age at death a

–

–

96.7 (6.4)

96.5 (6.6)

Region of residence

 Urban

1357 (39.1)

4228 (36.5)

2312 (35.4)

1588 (38.6)

 Rural

2109 (60.9)

7354 (63.5)

4216 (64.6)

2528 (61.4)

Educational attainment a

3.1 (1.6)

1.3 (2.8)

1.3 (2.8)

1.2 (2.8)

In marriage

913 (26.3)

1651 (14.3)

945 (14.5)

558 (13.6)

White collar occupation

207 (6.0)

510 (4.4)

303 (4.6)

166 (4.0)

Economic condition

 High

595 (17.2)

1644 (14.2)

946 (14.5)

591 (14.4)

 Medium

2277 (65.7)

7737 (66.8)

4378 (67.1)

2749 (66.8)

 Low

594 (17.1)

2201 (19.0)

1204 (18.4)

776 (18.8)

Regular exercise

1005 (29.0)

2491 (21.5)

1514 (23.2)

768 (18.7)

Current smoking

546 (15.8)

1740 (15.0)

1066 (16.3)

541 (13.1)

Current drinking

638 (18.4)

2028 (17.5)

1196 (18.3)

669 (16.3)

Cognitive impairment

639 (18.4)

4740 (40.9)

2625 (40.2)

1770 (43.0)

Functional limitation

541 (15.6)

4152 (35.8)

2166 (33.2)

1690 (41.1)

Depression

1070 (30.9)

4552 (39.3)

2509 (38.4)

1654 (40.2)

Chronic conditions b

 0

2286 (66.0)

7928 (68.5)

4546 (69.6)

2743 (66.6)

  ≥ 1

1180 (34.0)

3654 (31.5)

1982 (30.4)

1373 (33.4)

  1. aData reported as the mean (standard deviation) for continuous variables
  2. bIncluded obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, stroke, respiratory disease, and cancer