Table 1 Demographic characteristics and anthropometric indices of study subjects according to self-reported health status
Variables | Self-perceived health status | p | Tukey’s post hoc test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Excellent/Good | Fair | Poor/Very poor | |||
No. of subjects (%) | 14,959 (66.81%) | 5729 (25.59%) | 1701 (7.60%) | ||
Age (y) | 73.27 ± 6.48 | 73.32 ± 6.40 | 73.38 ± 6.06 | 0.713 | |
Gender (% men) | 37.3% | 33.4% | 31.0% | < 0.001 | |
Height (cm) | 156.77 ± 7.92 | 156.14 ± 7.67 | 155.82 ± 7.68 | < 0.001 | EG > F, PV |
Body weight (kg) | 60.88 ± 9.75 | 60.41 ± 9.95 | 60.84 ± 10.21 | 0.009 | EG > F |
Obese Status (%) | 0.011 | ||||
Underweight | 2.0% | 2.8% | 3.2% | ||
Normal weight | 40.6% | 40.5% | 36.7% | ||
Overweight | 33.7% | 31.3% | 31.4% | ||
Obese | 23.7% | 25.4% | 28.6% | ||
Education (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
Elementary school or lower | 57.7% | 61.1% | 68.9% | ||
Junior or senior school | 28.2% | 26.2% | 21.8% | ||
College or higher | 14.1% | 12.8% | 9.3% | ||
Monthly Income (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
≦ 20,000 NTD | 87.6% | 89.5% | 93.0% | ||
20,001–40,000 NTD | 7.3% | 6.2% | 3.5% | ||
≧ 40,001 NTD | 5.1% | 4.3% | 3.5% | ||
Marital Status (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
Never married | 56.0% | 51.4% | 53.4% | ||
Married | 25.8% | 26.8% | 22.5% | ||
Divorced/widowed/other | 18.1% | 21.7% | 24.1% | < 0.001 | |
Smoking Status (%) | |||||
Never | 92.5% | 90.2% | 89.5% | ||
Current | 4.5% | 5.6% | 6.1% | ||
Former | 3.0% | 4.1% | 4.4% | ||
Chewing betel nuts (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
Never | 98.0% | 97.2% | 95.6% | ||
Current | 0.9% | 1.2% | 2.0% | ||
Former | 1.1% | 1.7% | 2.4% | ||