Skip to main content

Table 4 Difference among ADL types with included variables

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

Variables

Class one

Class two

Class three

P value

Sex

   

<0.001

 Male

3021 (49.84%)

575 (37.68%)

212 (40.77%)

 

 Female

3041 (50.16%)

951 (62.32%)

308 (59.23%)

 

Age (year)

   

<0.001

 65–79

3348 (55.23%)

100 (6.55%)

48 (9.23%)

 

 80–105

2714 (44.77%)

1426 (93.45%)

472 (90.77%)

 

The place of residence

   

<0.001

 Urban

3472 (57.27%)

934 (61.21%)

358 (68.85%)

 

 Rural

2590 (42.73%)

592 (38.79%)

162 (31.15%)

 

Education

   

<0.001

 Illiterate

2146 (35.40%)

974 (63.83%)

298 (57.31%)

 

 Educated

3916 (64.60%)

552 (36.17%)

222 (42.69%)

 

Marital status

   

<0.001

 Living without spouse

2644 (43.62%)

1226 (80.34%)

417 (80.19%)

 

 Living with spouse

3418 (56.38%)

300 (19.66%)

103 (19.81%)

 

Physical exercise (recently)

   

<0.001

 No

3443 (56.80%)

1249 (81.85%)

468 (90.00%)

 

 Yes

2619 (43.20%)

277 (18.15%)

52 (10.00%)

 

Social activity (recently)

   

<0.001

 No

4836 (79.78%)

1435 (94.04%)

494 (95.00%)

 

 Yes

1226 (20.22%)

91 (5.96%)

26 (5.00%)

 

BMI

   

<0.001

 underweight

690 (11.38%)

331 (21.69%)

133 (25.58%)

 

 normal

3083 (50.86%)

837 (54.85%)

264 (50.77%)

 

 overweight

1725 (28.46%)

258 (16.91%)

80 (15.38%)

 

 obese

564 (9.30%)

100 (6.55%)

43 (8.27%)

 

Experience of falls

   

<0.001

 No

4942 (81.52%)

1076 (70.51%)

350 (67.31%)

 

 Yes

1120 (18.48%)

450 (29.49%)

170 (32.69%)

 

Hypertension

   

<0.001

 No

3295 (54.35%)

901 (59.04%)

293 (56.35%)

 

 Yes

2767 (45.65%)

625 (40.96%)

227 (43.65%)

 

Diabetes

   

0.037

 No

5362 (88.45%)

1385 (90.76%)

461 (88.65%)

 

 Yes

700 (11.55%)

141 (9.24%)

59 (11.35%)

 

Heart disease

   

<0.001

 No

5012 (82.68%)

1247 (81.72%)

393 (75.58%)

 

 Yes

1050 (17.32%)

279 (18.28%)

127 (24.42%)

 

Stroke

   

<0.001

 No

5482 (90.43%)

1347 (88.27%)

403 (77.50%)

 

 Yes

580 (9.57%)

179 (11.73%)

117 (22.50%)

 

Asthma

   

<0.001

 No

5533 (91.27%)

1355 (88.79%)

436 (83.85%)

 

 Yes

529 (8.73%)

171 (11.21%)

84 (16.15%)

 

Cancera

   

0.646

 No

5968 (98.45%)

1505 (98.62%)

510 (98.08%)

 

 Yes

94 (1.55%)

21 (1.38%)

10 (1.92%)

 

MMSE

   

<0.001

 Normal

5407 (89.19%)

782 (51.25%)

174 (33.46%)

 

 Cognitive decline

655 (10.81%)

744 (48.75%)

346 (66.54%)

 

Depression

   

<0.001

 Normal

4639 (76.53%)

997 (65.33%)

313 (60.19%)

 

 Having depression symptoms

1423 (23.47%)

529 (34.67%)

207 (39.81%)

 
  1. Class one: ‘no BADL limitation-no IADL limitation’; Class two: ‘no BADL limitation- IADL impairment’; Class three: ‘BADL impairment- IADL impairment’. aFisher’s exact test