Table 1 Sample sociodemographics of adults with and without the selected seven chronic conditions, TLSA 1996
Hypertension | Heart disease | Stroke | Diabetes | Cancer | Lung disease | Arthritis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No (n = 3787) | Yes (n = 1344) | No (n = 4388) | Yes (n = 743) | No (n = 4898) | Yes (n = 233) | No (n = 4572) | Yes (n = 559) | No (n = 5063) | Yes (n = 68) | No (n = 4634) | Yes (n = 497) | No (n = 4207) | Yes (n = 924) | |
Age (years) | 65.50 ± 9.60 | 68.08 ± 8.77 | 65.60 ± 9.55 | 69.58 ± 8.10 | 65.97 ± 9.47 | 70.44 ± 7.96 | 66.07 ± 9.59 | 67.05 ± 8.24 | 66.17 ± 9.45 | 66.94 ± 9.59 | 65.82 ± 9.45 | 69.55 ± 8.84 | 65.74 ± 9.51 | 68.19 ± 8.93 |
Age | ||||||||||||||
 50–64 | 45.8 | 32.2 | 45.3 | 24.2 | 43.2 | 21.5 | 42.9 | 37.0 | 42.3 | 36.8 | 44.1 | 25.4 | 44.6 | 31.6 |
 65–74 | 35.9 | 45.9 | 36.5 | 50.5 | 38.0 | 49.8 | 37.7 | 45.6 | 38.5 | 44.1 | 37.8 | 45.3 | 36.9 | 46.1 |
 ≧75 | 18.3 | 21.9 | 18.2 | 25.3 | 18.7 | 28.8 | 19.4 | 17.4 | 19.2 | 19.1 | 18.1 | 29.4 | 18.5 | 22.3 |
Gender | ||||||||||||||
 Men | 55.5 | 49.1 | 55.1 | 46.0 | 53.2 | 66.1 | 54.6 | 47.4 | 53.8 | 55.9 | 52.5 | 65.79 | 56.8 | 40.3 |
 Women | 44.6 | 50.9 | 44.9 | 54.0 | 46.8 | 33.9 | 45.4 | 52.6 | 46.2 | 44.1 | 47.5 | 34.21 | 43.2 | 59.7 |
Education status | ||||||||||||||
 Without education | 32.3 | 33.6 | 31.5 | 39.0 | 32.6 | 33.5 | 32.1 | 36.7 | 32.6 | 30.9 | 32.8 | 30.8 | 31.0 | 39.8 |
 With education | 67.7 | 66.4 | 68.5 | 61.0 | 67.4 | 66.5 | 67.9 | 63.3 | 67.4 | 69.1 | 67.2 | 69.2 | 69.0 | 60.2 |
Number of comorbidities | 0.46 ± 0.71 | 0.96 ± 0.98 | 0.60 ± 0.78 | 1.33 ± 1.13 | 0.77 ± 0.95 | 1.55 ± 1.15 | 0.70 ± 0.90 | 1.10 ± 1.11 | 0.83 ± 1.01 | 1.22 ± 1.23 | 0.71 ± 0.91 | 1.13 ± 1.15 | 0.61 ± 0.85 | 0.95 ± 1.03 |
Depression status | ||||||||||||||
 Without depression | 79.5 | 73.1 | 80.0 | 64.9 | 78.6 | 57.1 | 78.9 | 69.0 | 78.0 | 61.0 | 79.5 | 61.3 | 80.6 | 65.7 |
 With depression | 20.5 | 26.9 | 20.0 | 35.1 | 21.4 | 42.9 | 21.1 | 31.1 | 22.0 | 39.0 | 20.5 | 38.7 | 19.5 | 34.3 |
Physical disability score | 1.81 ± 3.47 | 3.28 ± 4.55 | 1.93 ± 3.66 | 3.77 ± 4.45 | 1.85 ± 3.28 | 9.44 ± 6.56 | 2.01 ± 3.66 | 3.69 ± 4.82 | 2.16 ± 3.80 | 4.72 ± 5.50 | 2.03 ± 3.70 | 3.70 ± 4.68 | 1.91 ± 3.71 | 3.50 ± 4.14 |
Disease duration (years) | 7.50 ± 7.41 | 7.65 ± 8.11 | 5.81 ± 5.63 | 7.86 ± 7.20 | 5.85 ± 8.27 | 10.02 ± 11.80 | 8.61 ± 8.92 | |||||||