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Table 1 Population characteristics

From: Air pollution is linked to cognitive decline independent of hypersensitive C-reactive protein: insights from middle-aged and older Chinese

Characteristics

Total (n = 6434)

Without cognitive decline (n = 2530)

Cognitive decline (n = 3904)

P-value

Age, years

58.89 ± 8.64

59.37 ± 8.81

58.14 ± 8.31

< 0.001

Sex

   

< 0.001

 Female

3404(52.91)

1405(55.53)

1999(51.20)

 

 Male

3030(47.09)

1125(44.47)

1905(48.80)

 

Birthplace

   

< 0.001

 Rural

4356(67.70)

1633(64.55)

2723(69.75)

 

 Urban

2078(32.30)

897(35.45)

1181(30.25)

 

Education level

   

0.002

 Junior high school and below

4646(72.21)

1881(74.35)

2765(70.82)

 

 High school and above

1788(27.79)

649(25.65)

1139(29.18)

 

Sleep time per day, hours

6.00(5.00,8.00)

6.00(5.00,8.00)

6.00(5.00,8.00)

0.599

Smoking

2526(39.26)

912(36.05)

1614(41.34)

< 0.001

Cooking fuel use

   

0.003

 Clean fuel

2557(39.74)

1063(42.02)

1494(38.27)

 

 Solid fuel

3877(60.26)

1467(57.98)

2410(61.73)

 

Heating fuel use

   

< 0.001

 Clean fuel

2613(40.61)

1109(43.83)

1504(38.52)

 

 Solid fuel

3821(59.39)

1421(56.17)

2400(61.48)

 

Brain injury

147(2.28)

60(2.37)

87(2.23)

0.709

Hearing lossa

495(7.69)

181(7.16)

314(8.05)

0.194

Alcohol consumption

   

0.814

 > 1 time/month

4322(67.17)

1710(67.59)

2612(66.91)

 

 < 1 time/month

495(7.69)

195(7.71)

300(7.68)

 

 Never

1617(25.13)

625(24.70)

992(25.41)

 

Physical Activitya

   

0.828

 0

278(4.32)

119(8.94)

159(8.87)

 

 1

645(10.02)

265(19.91)

380(21.21)

 

 2

933(14.50)

398(29.90)

535(29.85)

 

 3

1267(19.69)

549(41.25)

718(40.07)

 

Number of chronic diseases

   

0.244

 0

2000 (31.10)

752(29.72)

1248(31.97)

 

 1

1955 (30.40)

773(30.55)

1182(30.28)

 

 2

1297 (20.20)

522(20.63)

775(19.85)

 

 ≥ 3

1182 (18.40)

483(19.09)

699(17.90)

 

Regional Per Capita GDP(CNY)

35711.00(29608.00 ,

52763.00)

33480.00(29608.00 ,

51768.00)

33480.00(29608.00 ,

51768.00)

0.160

  1. Note: For continuous variables, numbers represent the mean ± standard deviation and for categorical variables, numbers represent count (percentage). a Starsymbol indicates missing data