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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of individuals in 2013

From: Association between physical activity trajectories and successful aging in middle-aged and elderly Chinese individuals: a longitudinal study

Variables

Total

(N = 1,413)

Stable low

(N = 1,025)

Decreasing

(N = 242)

Increasing

(N = 146)

P

Age(years)

56.95 ± 8.18

57.69 ± 8.45

54.94 ± 6.88

55.06 ± 7.32

< 0.001

Gender

    

< 0.001

 Male

708(50.1)

477(46.5)

144(59.5)

87(59.5)

 

 Female

705(49.9)

548(53.4)

98(40.4)

59(40.4)

 

Residential area

    

< 0.001

 Rural

882(62.4)

581(56.6)

190(78.5)

111(76.0)

 

 Urban

531(37.6)

444(43.3)

52(21.4)

35(24.0)

 

Education levela

    

< 0.001

 ≤Primary school

792(56.2)

544(53.0)

157(64.8)

91(62.3)

 

 Middle school

408(28.9)

300(29.2)

65(26.8)

43(29.4)

 

 ≥high school

211(14.9)

179(17.4)

20(8.2)

12(8.2)

 

Marital statusa

    

0.183

 Married

1,305(92.4)

938(91.5)

229(94.6)

138(94.5)

 

 Others

106(7.5)

85(8.2)

13(5.3)

8(5.5)

 

Current smokea

    

0.009

 Yes

219(15.5)

142(13.8)

52(21.4)

25(17.1)

 

 No

917(64.9)

684(66.7)

144(59.5)

89(60.9)

 

Current alcohol

    

0.007

 Yes

543(38.4)

368(35.9)

109(45.0)

66(45.2)

 

 No

870(61.6)

657(64.0)

133(54.9)

80(54.7)

 

Sleep durationa

    

< 0.001

 Short sleep

421(29.8)

300(29.3)

75(31.0)

94(64.4)

 

 Medium sleep

899(63.6)

654(63.8)

151(62.4)

46(31.5)

 

 Long sleep

79(5.6)

60(5.6)

14(5.8)

5(3.4)

 
  1. a Missing data: education level (n = 2, 0.14%); marital status (n = 2, 0.14%); current smoke (n = 277, 19.60%); sleep duration (n = 14, 0.99%)