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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of latent lifestyle classes for women (N = 8902)

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

Variables

Total

(N = 8902)

Health Promoting

(N = 2493)

Isolated and Health Harming

(N = 3027)

Restless

(N = 1513)

Restless and dismal

(N = 1869)

P-value

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Age

     

< 0.001

 65–79

2654 (30)

385 (12)

1257 (52)

713 (45)

299 (18)

 

  ≥ 80

6248 (70)

2806 (88)

1181 (48)

856 (55)

1405 (82)

 

Residence area

     

< 0.001

 Rural area

4056 (46)

1585 (50)

997 (41)

590 (38)

884 (52)

 

 Urban area

4846 (54)

1606 (50)

1441 (59)

979 (62)

820 (48)

 

Current marital status

     

< 0.001

 Not in marriage

6367 (30)

2797 (12)

1258 (52)

941 (45)

1371 (18)

 

 In marriage

2389 (70)

298 (88)

1162 (48)

614 (55)

315 (82)

 

Living status

     

< 0.001

 Alone

345 (5)

99 (4)

105 (5)

86 (7)

55 (4)

 

 With others

6830 (95)

2457 (96)

1936 (95)

1174 (93)

1263 (96)

 

Education

     

< 0.001

 Illiterate

5216 (68)

2244 (82)

1036 (48)

717 (52)

1219 (83)

 

 Literate or primary school

1691 (22)

372 (14)

703 (33)

404 (29)

212 (14)

 

 Junior high and above

820 (11)

104 (4)

420 (19)

257 (19)

39 (3)

 

Main occupation before 60

     

< 0.001

 Agriculture

5064 (67)

1970 (74)

1227 (58)

782 (57)

1085 (75)

 

 Professional/managerial

443 (6)

70 (3)

221 (10)

131 (10)

21 (1)

 

 Others

2092 (28)

636 (24)

666 (32)

451 (33)

339 (23)

 

Household income

     

< 0.001

  < 6000 Yuan

1789 (27)

639 (27)

357 (21)

287 (26)

506 (38)

 

 6000–19,999 Yuan

1322 (20)

519 (22)

319 (19)

178 (16)

306 (23)

 

 20,000–39,999 Yuan

1520 (23)

596 (25)

392 (23)

264 (24)

268 (20)

 

  ≥ 40,000 Yuan

1913 (29)

632 (26)

649 (38)

363 (33)

269 (20)

 

Self-rated health

     

< 0.001

 Very bad

119 (2)

28 (1)

21 (1)

16 (1)

54 (4)

 

 Bad

1095 (14)

259 (10)

188 (8)

247 (16)

401 (27)

 

 Average

3145 (40)

904 (36)

829 (35)

732 (48)

680 (46)

 

 Good

2704 (34)

1009 (40)

976 (41)

431 (28)

288 (20)

 

 Very good

832 (11)

312 (12)

357 (15)

110 (7)

53 (4)

 

Cognitive impairment

 MMSE score, mean (SD)

25.7 (4.7)

27.3 (3.5)

24.1 (5.4)

26.8 (3.8)

24.0 (5.2)

0.11

 No

4899 (88)

1805 (93)

1223 (81)

1135 (92)

736 (83)

< 0.001

 Yes

654 (12)

128 (7)

283 (19)

93 (8)

150 (17)

 

Disabled

     

< 0.001

 No

5774 (67)

1612 (53)

1950 (83)

1231 (81)

981 (59)

 

 Yes

2812 (33)

1453 (47)

404 (17)

284 (19)

671 (41)

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