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Table 1 Basic characteristics of study population

From: Temperature variability and common diseases of the elderly in China: a national cross-sectional study

Variables

Characteristics

Overall

184,047

Sex, Male (%)

88,080 (47.86)

Age, years (mean (SD))

69.75 (7.85)

Age group (%)

 60–74

139,672 (75.89)

 Over 75

44,375 (24.11)

Rural (%)

88,339 (48.00)

Education (%)

 Illiteracy and primary school

129,222 (70.21)

 High school and above

54,249 (29.48)

 Missing values

576 (0.31)

Spouse (%)

 Single

50,404 (27.39)

 Married

130,901 (71.12)

 Missing values

2742 (1.49)

Exercise (%)

 Never

90,258 (49.04)

 1–5 times per week

52,563 (28.56)

  > 6 times per week

40,252 (21.87)

 Missing values

974 (0.53)

Annual family income, RMB (mean (SD))

36,640.44 (40,832.10)

Annual family income, tertiles (RMB, %)

 T1 < 15,000

64,953 (35.29)

 T2 15,000–40,000

58,622 (31.85)

 T3 > 40,000

57,726 (31.36)

 Missing values

2746 (1.49)

Climate areas (%)

 Cold

46,516 (25.27)

 Moderate cold

45,622 (24.79)

 Moderate hot

47,043 (25.56)

 Hot

44,866 (24.38)

Cataract (%)

29,465 (16.01)

Hypertension (%)

68,412 (37.17)

Diabetes (%)

16,297 (8.85)

Cardio-cerebrovascular diseases (%)

49,072 (26.66)

Stomach diseases (%)

32,744 (17.79)

Arthritis (%)

80,002 (43.47)

Chronic lung diseases (%)

18,748 (10.19)

Asthma (%)

8288 (4.50)

Cancer (%)

2127 (1.16)

Reproductive diseases (%)

5165 (2.81)