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Table 1 Socio-demographic and health characteristics of study participants

From: Multimorbidity associated with functional independence among community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional study in Southern China

  

Sample (N = 2705)

Age, mean (SD)

 

69.24 (7.58)

Age group, years, n (%)

60 ~ 69

1644 (60.8)

70 ~ 79

736 (27.2)

80~

325 (12.0)

Gender, n (%)

Male

1131 (41.8)

Female

1574 (58.2)

Marital status, n (%)

Married

2074 (76.7)

Single

631 (23.3)

Education level, n (%)

Primary school or lower

1401 (51.8)

Middle school

597 (22.1)

High school or above

707 (26.1)

Employment status, n (%)

Employed

133 (4.9)

Unemployed

2572 (95.1)

Individual economic condition, n (%)

Good

1477 (54.6)

Not good

1228 (45.4)

Body mass index, mean (SD)

 

23.90 (3.90)

Body mass index, kg/m2, n (%)

<18.5

124 (4.6)

18.5 ~ 23.9

1317 (48.7)

24 ~ 27.9

981 (36.3)

≥28

283 (10.5)

Number of chronic diseases, n (%)

0

663 (24.5)

1

812 (30.0)

≥2

1230 (45.5)

FIM score, mean (SD)

 

119.66 (12.79)

FIM category, n (%)

Complete independent

1021 (37.7)

Not complete independent

1684 (62.3)

  1. Single unmarried, divorced, windowed, FIM Functional independence measure