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Table 3 Participants characteristics among 5 categories

From: Novel subgroups of functional ability in older adults and their associations with adverse outcomes

 

Class1

Class2

Class3

Class4

Class5

N

685(11.4)

618(10.3)

463(7.7)

2036(34.0)

2190(36.6)

Sex

 Male

254(37.0)

318(51.5)

174(37.6)

1257(61.8)

991(45.2)

 Female

431(63.0)

300(48.5)

289(62.4)

779(38.2)

1199(54.8)

Age

71.54 ± 7.63

67.04 ± 5.98

69.36 ± 7.25

66.76 ± 5.88

68.25 ± 6.64

Marital status, %

 Married

463(67.6)

506(81.9)

345(74.5)

1712(84.1)

1679(35.7)

 Divorced

217(31.7)

111(18.0)

116(25.1)

305(15.0)

489(22.3)

 unmarried

5(0.7)

1(0.2)

2(0.4)

19(38.8)

22(1.0)

Educational level, %

 illiteracy

387(56.5)

185(29.9)

248(53.6)

469(23.0)

923(42.1)

 Primary school

239(34.9)

302(48.9)

188(40.6)

992(48.7)

1000(45.7)

 High school

54(7.9)

117(18.9)

26(5.6)

507(24.9)

246(11.2)

 Bachelor and above

5(0.7)

14(2.3)

1(0.2)

68(3.4)

21(1.0)

Place of residence

 Rural

583(85.1)

481(77.8)

427(92.2)

1443(70.9)

1832(83.7)

 Urban

102(14.9)

137(10.3)

36(7.8)

593(29.1)

358(16.3)

Numbers of children, %

 0

177(25.8)

158(25.6)

122(26.3)

572(28.1)

633(28.9)

 1 ~ 3

168(24.5)

203(32.8)

106(22.9)

753(37.0)

639(29.2)

 4 ~ 5

220(32.1)

192(31.3)

156(33.7)

515(25.3)

629(28.7)

  > 5

120(17.5)

65(10.5)

79(17.1)

196(9.6)

289(13.2)

BMI

22.60 \(\pm\) 4.50

22.91 \(\pm\) 3.71

22.74 ± 4.41

23.04 ± 3.89

22.84 ± 4.23

Systolic pressure

141.56.09 ± 30.50

132.15 ± 24.93

136.49 ± 23.85

134.98 ± 24.78

136.30 ± 25.04

Diastolic pressure

76.73 ± 12.70

74.01 ± 12.33

75.39 ± 12.77

75.25 ± 11.20

75.00 ± 12.02

Sleeping duration

5.60 ± 2.41

6.07 ± 3.47

5.33 ± 2.39

6.63 ± 1.64

6.09 ± 2.07

Hours of informal care

33.73 ± 92.07

2.15 ± 19.17

16.09 ± 52.7

0.49 ± 8.17

4.79 ± 29.99

Hours of formal care

83.55 ± 143.61

6.95 ± 48.15

47.80 ± 95.17

1.33 ± 14.18

14.85 ± 59.44

Satisfaction

 Extremely

8(1.2)

8(1.3)

3(0.6)

53(2.6)

27(0.5)

 Very much

97(14.2)

126(20.4)

61(13.2)

497(24.4)

427(19.5)

 Relative

430(62.8)

419(67.8)

296(63.9)

1346(66.1)

1449(66.2)

 A little

114(16.6)

58(9.4)

74(16.0)

130(6.4)

237(10.8)

 Not at all

36(5.3)

7(1.1)

29(6.3)

10(0.5)

50(2.3)

Self-rated health

 Very good

4(0.6)

10(1.6)

2(0.4)

145(7.1)

45(2.1)

 Good

25(3.6)

52(8.4)

13(2.8)

455(22.3)

205(9.4)

 Fair

174(25.4)

264(42.7)

110(23.8)

1072(52.7)

1055(48.2)

 Bad

317(46.3)

235(38.0)

224(48.4)

338(16.6)

717(32.7)

 Very bad

165(24.1)

57(9.3)

114(24.6)

26(1.3)

168(7.7)

  1. class 1: viability disorders, class 2: acute disease, class 3: somatic functional disorders, class 4: health, class 5: sub-disorder status