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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the elderly adults, a cohort study in China, 2005-2019

From: Sleep duration and all-cause mortality in the elderly in China: a population-based cohort study

Variables

 Sleep duration

P value

Short (≤ 6h), n=1,803

Moderate (7-8h),  n=7,459

Long (> 8h), n=5,830

Age at baseline, years

   

<0.0001

  Mean ± SD

88.49 ± 11.12

87.07 ± 12.08

92.31 ± 10.26

 

  Categories, n(%)

   

<0.0001

    <80 years

381 (21.13)

1999 (26.80)

693 (11.89)

 

    80-89 years

509 (28.23)

1888 (25.31)

1214 (20.82)

 

    90-99 years

522 (28.95)

2041 (27.36)

1939 (33.26)

 

    ≥100 years

391 (21.69)

1531 (20.53)

1984 (34.03)

 

Sex, n(%)

   

<0.0001

  Male

662 (36.72)

3198 (42.87)

2255 (38.68)

 

  Female

1141 (63.28)

4261 (57.13)

3575 (61.32)

 

Residence, n(%)

   

0.0035

  City

328 (18.19)

1282 (17.19)

987 (16.93)

 

  Town

297 (16.47)

1383 (18.54)

959 (16.45)

 

  Rural area

1178 (65.34)

4794 (64.27)

3884 (66.62)

 

Ethic, n(%)a

   

0.0602

  Han

1696 (95.71)

6923 (95.14)

5367 (95.82)

 

  Others

76 (4.29)

354 (4.86)

234 (4.18)

 

Marriage status, n(%)a

   

<0.0001

  Married

1276 (70.81)

4898 (65.78)

4587 (78.71)

 

  Others

526 (29.19)

2548 (34.22)

1241 (21.29)

 

Occupation, n(%)a

   

<0.0001

  Farmer or manual

1451 (80.97)

5805 (78.37)

4775 (82.41)

 

  Clerical

198 (11.05)

821 (11.08)

520 (8.97)

 

  Professional

65 (3.63)

469 (6.33)

222 (3.83)

 

  Others

78 (4.35)

312 (4.21)

277 (4.78)

 

Education, n(%)a

   

<0.0001

  Illiterate

1253 (70.31)

4774 (64.34)

4140 (71.40)

 

  Primary school

404 (22.67)

1929 (26.00)

1317 (22.71)

 

  Middle school or above

125 (7.01)

717 (9.66)

341 (5.88)

 

Access to medical service, n(%)a

   

0.0059

  Yes

1531 (84.91)

6807 (91.28)

5412 (92.86)

 

  No

272 (15.09)

650 (8.72)

416 (7.14)

 

Smoking status, n(%)a

   

0.0019

  Never

1279 (70.98)

5169 (69.38)

4116 (70.70)

 

  Ever smoker

222 (12.32)

882 (11.84)

778 (13.36)

 

  Current smoker

301 (16.70)

1399 (18.78)

928 (15.94)

 

Drinking status, n(%)a

   

0.0019

  Never

1323 (73.46)

5373 (72.18)

4154 (71.42)

 

  Ever drinker

188 (10.44)

659 (8.85)

606 (10.42)

 

  Current drinker

290 (16.10)

1412 (18.97)

1056 (18.16)

 

Exercise status, n(%)a

   

<0.0001

  Never

1216 (67.52)

5120 (69.02)

4148 (71.36)

 

  Ever exerciser

182 (10.11)

421 (5.68)

461 (7.93)

 

  Current exerciser

403 (22.38)

1877 (25.30)

1204 (20.71)

 

ADL score, n(%)a

   

<0.0001

  6

1350 (75.33)

6005 (80.77)

3838 (66.01)

 

  5

143 (7.98)

587 (7.90)

752 (12.93)

 

  3-4

103 (5.75)

350 (4.71)

493 (8.48)

 

  0-2

196 (10.94)

493 (6.63)

731 (12.57)

 

Physical performance score, n(%)a

   

<0.0001

  5

739 (41.42)

3831 (51.67)

2143 (36.98)

 

  2.5-4.5

797 (44.67)

2931 (39.53)

2787 (48.09)

 

  0-2.5

248 (13.90)

652 (8.79)

865 (14.93)

 

MMSE score, n(%)a

   

<0.0001

  24-30

764 (46.59)

3832 (56.12)

2078 (39.65)

 

  18-23

281 (17.13)

1146 (16.78)

968 (18.47)

 

  0-17

595 (36.28)

1850 (27.09)

2195 (41.88)

 

Food diversity score, n(%)a

   

<0.0001

  6-8

547 (30.36)

3036 (40.77)

2266 (38.92)

 

  4-5

618 (34.30)

2500 (33.57)

2149 (36.91)

 

  0-3

637 (35.35)

1911 (25.66)

1407 (24.17)

 

Social activity score, n(%)a

   

<0.0001

  5-8

111 (6.16)

766 (10.27)

287 (4.92)

 

  3-4

510 (28.29)

2602 (34.90)

1488 (25.53)

 

  0-2

1182 (65.56)

4088 (54.83)

4054 (69.55)

 

Chronic disease score, n(%)a

   

<0.0001

  0

828 (50.00)

3932 (57.38)

3518 (63.34)

 

  1-2

664 (40.10)

2321 (33.87)

1633 (29.40)

 

  ≥3

164 (9.90)

600 (8.76)

403 (7.26)

 
  1. Abbreviations: ADL activities of daily living, IQR interquartile range, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, SD standard deviation
  2. Contains missing values. Ethic: 442, marriage status:16, occupation: 99, access to medical service: 4,  education:92, smoking status: 18, drinking status: 31, exercise status: 60, ADL score: 51, physical performance score: 99, MMSE score: 1,383, food diversity score: 21, social activity score: 4, chronic disease score: 1,029
  3. P values were derived from the ANOVA for continuous variables or the Chi-square test for categorical variables