Table 1 General characteristics of 60–79 years old adults by daily physical activity.

From: Association of daily physical activity with hypertension, depressive symptoms, loneliness, and poor sleep quality in aged 60–79 older adults

Characteristic

Total (n = 1327)

Physical activity level (n/%)

Pa

Low (n = 11)

Mod (n = 767)

High (n = 549)

Age (years)

    

 < 0.001

60 ~ 

357 (26.9)

0 (0.0)

181 (50.7)

176 (49.3)

 

65 ~ 

335 (25.2)

2 (0.6)

178 (53.1)

155 (46.3)

 

70 ~ 

331 (24.9)

3 (0.9)

206 (62.2)

122 (36.9)

 

75 ~ 

304 (22.9)

6 (2.0)

202 (66.4)

96 (31.6)

 

Sex

    

0.106

Male

662 (49.9)

8 (1.2)

368 (55.6)

286 (43.2)

 

Female

665 (50.1)

3 (0.5)

399 (60.0)

263 (39.5)

 

Marriage status

    

0.952

Single

115 (8.7)

1 (0.9)

68 (59.1)

46 (40.0)

 

Live with spouse

1212 (91.3)

10 (0.8)

699 (57.7)

503 (41.5)

 

Region

    

 < 0.001

Rural area

584 (44.1)

7 (1.2)

266 (45.5)

311 (53.3)

 

Urban area

741 (55.9)

4 (0.5)

499 (67.3)

238 (32.1)

 

Education

    

 < 0.001

No education

316 (23.8)

3 (0.9)

189 (59.8)

124 (39.2)

 

Primary school

341 (25.7)

3 (0.9)

221 (64.8)

117 (34.3)

 

Middle or high school

615 (46.3)

5 (0.8)

342 (55.6)

268 (43.6)

 

College or higher

55 (4.1)

0 (0.0)

15 (27.3)

40 (72.7)

 

Occupation

    

 < 0.001

Managerial staff/intellectual

232 (17.5)

1 (0.4)

79 (34.1)

152 (65.5)

 

Self-employed

65 (4.9)

0 (0.0)

51 (78.5)

14 (21.5)

 

Manual worker/farmer

708 (53.4)

6 (0.8)

399 (56.4)

303 (42.8)

 

Unemployed

319 (24.0)

4 (1.3)

238 (74.6)

77 (24.1)

 

Smoking

    

0.047

Never-smoker

1,057 (79.7)

7 (0.7)

627 (59.3)

423 (40.0)

 

Current/former smoker

270 (20.3)

4 (1.5)

140 (51.9)

126 (46.7)

 

Current use of alcohol

    

0.515

No

1106 (83.3)

10 (0.9)

645 (58.3)

451 (40.8)

 

Yes

221 (16.7)

1 (0.5)

122 (55.2)

98 (44.3)

 

Body-mass-index (kg/m2)

    

0.001

 < 24

391 (29.5)

7 (1.8)

200 (51.2)

184 (47.1)

 

 ≥ 24 and < 28

552 (41.6)

2 (0.4)

321 (58.2)

229 (41.5)

 

 ≤ 28

372 (28.0)

2 (0.5)

240 (64.5)

130 (34.9)

 

Blood pressure

0.001

    

Normal

439 (33.4)

5 (1.1)

222 (50.6)

212 (48.3)

 

Hypertension

876 (66.6)

6 (0.7)

539 (61.5)

331 (37.8)

 

Depression

    

 < 0.001

No/mild

853 (64.6)

5 (0.6)

416 (48.8)

432 (50.6)

 

Moderate to severe

467 (35.4)

6 (1.3)

346 (74.1)

115 (24.6)

 

Loneliness (score)

    

 < 0.001

 ≤ 21

778 (59.6)

2 (0.3)

406 (52.2)

370 (47.6)

 

 > 21

528 (40.4)

8 (1.5)

347 (65.7)

173 (32.8)

 

Sleep quality

    

 < 0.001

Good

767 (57.9)

6 (0.8)

389 (50.7)

372 (48.5)

 

Poor

558 (42.1)

5 (0.9)

377 (67.6)

176 (31.5)

 
  1. All data are n (%). aA two-sided chi-square test.