Table 4 Association between Self-perceptions of Aging and PCS for Urban and Rural Participants
Urban participants (n = 492) | Rural participants (n = 537) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Coefficient | 95% CI | P | Coefficient | 95% CI | P |
Self-perceptions of aging | ||||||
Timeline chronic | −1.17 | −2.28, − 0.06 | 0.038 | −3.21 | −4.24, − 2.18 | < 0.001 |
Timeline cyclical | − 0.01 | − 1.66, 1.64 | 0.988 | − 1.91 | − 3.64, − 0.18 | 0.031 |
Consequences positive | − 0.19 | −1.54, 1.16 | 0.779 | 1.15 | 0.07, 2.24 | 0.037 |
Consequences negative | −2.07 | −3.43, − 0.71 | 0.003 | 1.57 | − 0.21, 3.35 | 0.084 |
Control positive | 2.08 | 0.70, 3.45 | 0.003 | 0.34 | −0.92, 1.60 | 0.596 |
Control negative | 0.26 | −1.20, 1.72 | 0.724 | − 1.45 | −3.03, 0.13 | 0.073 |
Emotional representations | −1.50 | −2.97, −0.03 | 0.045 | −4.31 | −5.56, −3.05 | < 0.001 |
Controlled variables | ||||||
Gender (ref: male) | −2.36 | −4.22, −0.49 | 0.013 | − 1.81 | −3.16, − 0.46 | 0.009 |
Age | −0.20 | − 0.35, − 0.06 | 0.006 | −0.07 | − 0.17, 0.03 | 0.152 |
Marital status (ref: single/divorced/widowed) | 2.61 | −0.17, 5.38 | 0.065 | 0.43 | −1.35, 2.22 | 0.663 |
Educational attainments (ref: junior middle school and below) | −0.53 | −2.49, 1.43 | 0.598 | −4.43 | −9.16, 0.29 | 0.066 |
Living arrangements (ref: alone) | −2.15 | −5.78, 1.48 | 0.246 | −1.84 | −4.89, 1.21 | 0.236 |
BMI | −0.04 | −0.32, 0.24 | 0.789 | 0.10 | −0.07, 0.27 | 0.254 |
Blood pressure control (ref: no) | 0.68 | −1.38, 2.73 | 0.519 | 0.16 | −1.26, 1.56 | 0.830 |
Hypertension duration | −0.10 | −0.22, 0.02 | 0.111 | −0.09 | −0.20, 0.01 | 0.069 |
Comorbidities (ref: no) | −7.34 | −9.35, −5.33 | < 0.001 | −0.15 | −1.60, 1.29 | 0.834 |