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Table 1 General characteristics of participants at baseline

From: Subjective life expectancy is a risk factor for perceived health status and mortality

 

Total

Perceived health status

P-value

Death

P-value

Bad

Good

No

Yes

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Subjective life expectancy (point)

      

<.0001

    

<.0001

 0

655

6.4

451

68.9

204

31.2

 

444

67.8

211

32.2

 

 10-20

579

5.7

346

59.8

233

40.2

 

441

76.2

138

23.8

 

 30-40

1063

10.4

519

48.8

544

51.2

 

869

81.8

194

18.3

 

 50-60

2781

27.2

959

34.5

1822

65.5

 

2469

88.8

312

11.2

 

 70-80

2740

26.8

559

20.4

2181

79.6

 

2560

93.4

180

6.6

 

 90-100

2426

23.7

349

14.4

2077

85.6

 

2318

95.6

108

4.5

 

Age

      

<.0001

    

<.0001

 45-54

3293

32.2

406

12.3

2887

87.7

 

3227

98.0

66

2.0

 

 55-64

2791

27.3

783

28.1

2008

72.0

 

2630

94.2

161

5.8

 

 65-74

2679

26.2

1143

42.7

1536

57.3

 

2317

86.5

362

13.5

 

 ≥ 74

1481

14.5

851

57.5

630

42.5

 

927

62.6

554

37.4

 

Gender

           

<.0001

 Male

4458

43.5

1043

23.4

3415

76.6

 

3844

86.2

614

13.8

 

 Female

5786

56.5

2140

37.0

3646

63.0

 

5257

90.9

529

9.1

 

Residential region

      

0.001

    

0.003

 Metropolitan

1765

17.2

507

28.7

1258

71.3

 

1605

90.9

160

9.1

 

 Urban

2967

29.0

875

29.5

2092

70.5

 

2645

89.2

322

10.9

 

 Rural

5512

53.8

1801

32.7

3711

67.3

 

4851

88.0

661

12.0

 

Education

      

<.0001

    

<.0001

  ≤ Elementary

4823

47.1

2294

47.6

2529

52.4

 

4017

83.3

806

16.7

 

 Middle school

1656

16.2

395

23.9

1261

76.2

 

1534

92.6

122

7.4

 

 High school

2708

26.4

374

13.8

2334

86.2

 

2550

94.2

158

5.8

 

 ≥ College

1057

10.3

120

11.4

937

88.7

 

1000

94.6

57

5.4

 

Smoking status

      

<.0001

    

<.0001

 Non-smoker

7291

71.2

2413

33.1

4878

66.9

 

6580

90.3

711

9.8

 

 Former smoker

978

9.6

318

32.5

660

67.5

 

801

81.9

177

18.1

 

 Smoker

1975

19.3

452

22.9

1523

77.1

 

1720

87.1

255

12.9

 

Alcohol consumption

      

<.0001

    

<.0001

 Nothing

3884

37.9

803

20.7

3081

79.3

 

3523

90.7

361

9.3

 

 Former drinker

689

6.7

370

53.7

319

46.3

 

536

77.8

153

22.2

 

 Drinker

5671

55.4

2010

35.4

3661

64.6

 

5042

88.9

629

11.1

 

Labor

      

<.0001

    

<.0001

 Yes

3953

38.6

612

15.5

3341

84.5

 

3775

95.5

178

4.5

 

 No

6291

61.4

2571

40.9

3720

59.1

 

5326

84.7

965

15.3

 

Number of chronic diseasesa

      

<.0001

    

<.0001

 0

5470

53.4

775

14.2

4695

85.8

 

5043

92.2

427

7.8

 

 1

2945

28.8

1140

38.7

1805

61.3

 

2566

87.1

379

12.9

 

 2

1265

12.4

789

62.4

476

37.6

 

1050

83.0

215

17.0

 

 ≥ 3

564

5.5

479

84.9

85

15.1

 

442

78.4

122

21.6

 

Total

10,244

100.0

3183

31.1

7061

68.9

 

9101

88.8

1143

11.2

 
  1. aHypertension, diabetes, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, liver disease, heart disease, cerebrovascular diseases, mental illness and arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis