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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of latent lifestyle classes for men (N = 6869)

From: Sex differences in the association between latent class of lifestyle and disability among older adults in China

Variables

Total

(N = 6869)

Health Promoting

(N = 1442)

Isolated and Health Harming (N = 1786)

Discordant

(N = 2267)

Restless and Dismal

(N = 1374)

P-value

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

 

Age

     

< 0.001

 65–79

2698 (39)

352 (20)

1264 (55)

495 (38)

587 (40)

 

  ≥ 80

4171 (61)

1431 (80)

1050 (45)

804 (62)

886 (60)

 

Residence area

     

< 0.001

 Rural area

2978 (43)

865 (49)

997 (43)

446 (34)

670 (45)

 

 Urban area

3891 (57)

918 (51)

1317 (57)

853 (66)

803 (55)

 

Current marital status

     

< 0.001

 Not in marriage

2813 (39)

1154 (20)

596 (55)

491 (38)

572 (40)

 

 In marriage

3948 (61)

582 (80)

1693 (45)

798 (62)

875 (60)

 

Living status

     

< 0.001

 Alone

227 (4)

65 (5)

40 (2)

72 (6)

50 (4)

 

 With others

5585 (96)

1346 (95)

2009 (98)

1068 (94)

1162 (96)

 

Education

     

< 0.001

 Illiterate

1574 (27)

647 (44)

356 (18)

216 (20)

355 (29)

 

 Literate or primary school

2504 (43)

631 (43)

905 (46)

432 (39)

536 (44)

 

 Junior high or above

1681 (29)

203 (14)

689 (35)

458 (41)

331 (27)

 

Main occupation before age 60

     

< 0.001

 Agriculture

3194 (57)

1016 (71)

1022 (54)

415 (39)

741 (62)

 

 Professional/managerial

980 (18)

124 (9)

379 (20)

318 (30)

159 (13)

 

 Others

1396 (25)

288 (20)

479 (25)

335 (31)

294 (25)

 

Household income

     

< 0.001

  < 6000 Yuan

1254 (25)

422 (32)

349 (20)

148 (18)

335 (30)

 

 6000–19,999 Yuan

1033 (21)

306 (23)

345 (20)

153 (19)

229 (21)

 

 20,000–39,999 Yuan

1068 (21)

284 (21)

403 (24)

176 (21)

205 (19)

 

  ≥ 40,000 Yuan

1626 (33)

327 (24)

617 (36)

347 (42)

335 (30)

 

Self-rated health

     

< 0.001

 Very bad

73 (1)

22 (1)

14 (1)

5 (0)

32 (2)

 

 Bad

748 (12)

196 (13)

153 (7)

87 (7)

312 (22)

 

 Average

2443 (38)

573 (38)

784 (34)

421 (34)

665 (46)

 

 Good

2396 (37)

569 (38)

957 (42)

525 (42)

345 (24)

 

 Very good

796 (12)

137 (9)

369 (16)

212 (17)

78 (5)

 

Cognitive impairment

 MMSE score, mean (SD)

27.3 (3.7)

27.9 (3.1)

25.7 (4.9)

28.1 (2.7)

27.0 (3.8)

< 0.001

 No

3471 (90)

897 (93)

831 (85)

1677 (96)

956 (91)

< 0.001

 Yes

397 (10)

70 (7)

142 (15)

96 (4)

89 (9)

 

Disability

     

< 0.001

 No

5256 (79)

1097 (64)

2017 (90)

1015 (81)

1127 (79)

 

 Yes

1376 (21)

619 (36)

218 (10)

237 (19)

302 (21)

 
  1. * P-values were obtained from the Chi-square test. For comparison of MMSE score, P-value was obtained from the analysis of variance