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Table 1 Sample characteristics (n = 10,749)

From: Multimorbidity patterns and associated factors in older Chinese: results from the China health and retirement longitudinal study

Characteristics

 

Mean(SD)/N(%)

Age, mean (SD)

 

69.1 (7.1)

Age category, N (%)

60–64

3431 (31.9)

65–69

3045 (28.3)

70 + 

4273 (39.8)

Sex, N (%)

Male

5241 (48.8)

Female

5508 (51.2)

Marital status, N (%)

Unmarried

2396 (22.3)

Married

8353 (77.7)

Residence, N (%)

Rural

6489 (60.4)

Urban

4260 (39.6)

Education, N (%)

Less than primary

5832 (54.3)

Primary and above

4917 (45.7)

Medical insurance, N (%)

No MI

334 (3.1)

UEBMI

1590 (14.8)

RMI

1745 (16.2)

NRCMS

6799 (63.3)

Other MI

274 (2.6)

Income Quintiles, N (%)

1

1936 (18.0)

2

1946 (18.1)

3

1915 (17.8)

4

1932 (18.0)

5

1932 (18.0)

Missing

1088 (10.1)

Smoking status, N (%)

Never

6010 (55.9)

Past or current

4734 (44.1)

Alcohol consumption, N (%)

Never

5665 (52.7)

Past or current

5079 (47.3)

Physical activity, N (%)

None

1409 (13.1)

Light

3691 (34.3)

Moderate

2924 (27.2)

Intensive

2722 (25.3)

Mean number of diseases, mean (SD)

2.6 (2.0)

Number of diseases, N (%)

0

1449 (13.5)

1

2251 (20.9)

2

2270 (21.1)

3

1802 (16.8)

4

1243 (11.6)

5

801 (7.5)

6

463 (4.3)

 ≥ 7

470 (4.4)

Multimorbidity, N (%)

No

3700 (34.4)

Yes

7049 (65.6)

  1. MI is short for medical insurance. UEBMI refers to urban employee basic medical insurance (UEBMI) for urban employees and retirees, NRCMS refers to the new rural cooperative medical scheme (NRCMS) for the rural population, RMI includes the urban resident basic medical insurance (URBMI) for the urban unemployed people, and urban rural resident medical insurance (URRMI) in regions where integrated the NRCMS and URBMI