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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: The activity of daily living (ADL) subgroups and health impairment among Chinese elderly: a latent profile analysis

Variables

Mean±SD/N(%)

Sex

 Male

3808 (46.97%)

 Female

4300 (53.03%)

Age (year)

82.46±11.01

 65–79

3496 (43.12%)

 80–105

4612 (56.88%)

Place of residence

 Urban

4764 (58.76%)

 Rural

3344 (41.24%)

Education

 Uneducated

3418 (42.16%)

 Educated

4690 (57.84%)

Marital status

 Living without spouse

4287 (52.87%)

 Living with spouse

3821 (47.13%)

Physical exercise (recently)

 No

5160 (63.64%)

 Yes

2948 (36.36%)

Social activity (recently)

 No

6765 (83.44%)

 Yes

1343 (16.56%)

BMI

22.58±3.65

 underweight

1154 (14.23%)

 normal

4184 (51.60%)

 overweight

2063 (25.44%)

 obese

707 (8.72%)

Experience of falls

 No

6368 (78.54%)

 Yes

1740 (21.46%)

Hypertension

 No

4489 (55.37%)

 Yes

3619 (44.63%)

Diabetes

 No

7208 (88.90%)

 Yes

900 (11.10%)

Heart disease

 No

6652 (82.04%)

 Yes

1456 (17.96%)

Stroke

 No

7232 (89.20%)

 Yes

876 (10.80%)

Asthma

 No

7324 (90.33%)

 Yes

784 (9.67%)

Cancer

 No

7983 (98.46%)

 Yes

125 (1.54%)

MMSE

 Total score

25.9±5.5

 Normal

6363 (78.48%)

 Cognitive decline

1745 (21.52%)

Depression

 Total score

7.5±4.2

 Normal

5949 (73.37%)

 Having depression symptoms

2159 (26.63%)

BADL

6.6±1.7

BADL disability

943 (11.63%)

IADL

12.3±5.4

IADL disability

3186 (39.29%)

BADL/IADL

18.9±6.6

BADL/IADL disability

3245 (40.02%)