Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics.

From: The association between physical activity and the prevalence of comorbidity: a cross-sectional survey

Variable

Total (%)

Chronic disease

P value

1

≥ 2

Sex

< 0.001

 Men

7534 (44.9)

3561 (47.9)

3973 (42.4)

 

 Female

9261 (55.1)

3873 (52.1)

5388 (57.6)

 

Age

0.166

 65–70

6319 (37.6)

2760 (37.1)

3559 (38.0)

 

 71–75

5323 (31.7)

2340 (31.5)

2983 (31.9)

 

 76–80

3331 (19.8)

1486 (20.0)

1845 (19.7)

 

 ≥ 81

1822 (10.8)

848 (11.4)

974 (10.4)

 

Ethnic

0.208

 Han

16,611 (98.9)

7361 (99.0)

9250 (98.8)

 

 Minority

184 (1.1)

73 (1.0)

111 (1.2)

 

Income

< 0.001

 0–2880

4211 (25.1)

1893 (25.5)

2318 (24.8)

 

 2880–5000

4203 (25.0)

1934 (26.0)

2269 (24.2)

 

 5000–12,415

3914 (23.3)

1847 (24.8)

2067 (22.1)

 

 Above 12,415

4467 (26.6)

1760 (23.7)

2707 (28.9)

 

Education

0.061

 Illiteracy

6865 (40.9)

2969 (39.9)

3896 (41.6)

 

 Primary school

5787 (34.5)

2622 (35.3)

3165 (33.8)

 

 Middle school

3114 (18.5)

1404 (18.9)

1710 (18.3)

 

 High school and above

1029 (6.1)

439 (5.9)

590 (6.3)

 

Job

0.079

 Other

2095 (12.5)

963 (13.0)

1132 (12.1)

 

 Farmer

10,849 (64.6)

4736 (63.7)

6113 (65.3)

 

 Housework

3851 (22.9)

1735 (23.3)

2116 (22.6)

 

Charlson

< 0.001

 ACCI = 3

4115 (24.5)

2468 (33.2)

1647 (17.6)

 

 ACCI = 4

8720 (51.9)

4486 (60.3)

4234 (45.2)

 

 ACCI ≥ 5

3960 (23.6)

480 (6.5)

3480 (37.2)

 

BMI

   

0.788

 < 18.5

486 (2.9)

220 (3.0)

266 (2.8)

 

 18–23.9

6592 (39.2)

2920 (39.3)

3672 (39.2)

 

 24–27.9

6515 (38.8)

2900 (39.0)

3815 (38.6)

 

 ≥ 28

3202 (19.1)

1394 (18.8)

1808 (19.3)

 

Marital status

0.799

 Other

617 (3.7)

269 (3.6)

348 (3.7)

 

 Married

12,259 (73.0)

5445 (73.2)

6814 (72.8)

 

 Widowed

3919 (23.3)

1720 (23.1)

2199 (23.5)

 

Physical activity

< 0.001

 Low level

2944 (17.5)

1214 (16.3)

1730 (18.5)

 

 Intermediate level

10,464 (62.3)

4372 (58.8)

6092 (65.1)

 

 High level

3387 (20.2)

1848 (24.9)

1539 (16.4)

 
  1. Comorbidity status (1 vs. 2) refers specifically to hypertension-diabetes co-occurrence. Other chronic diseases (e.g., COPD, joint diseases) contribute only to the ACCI score (Table TS7)."