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Table 1 Gender-stratified, age-adjusted mean values or prevalence of confounding factors atbaseline according to marital status

From: Marital status and mortality among Japanese men and women: the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study

 

Marital Status

 

Men

Women

Marital Status

Married

Widowed

Divorced

Single

P-value

Married

Widowed

Divorced

Single

P-value

No. at risk

35,359

1,229

554

639

 

43,341

6,929

1,172

841

 

   Age, year

56.5

65.7

53.5

48.5

<0.001

55.5

65.6

56.2

55.9

<0.001

   Body mass index, kg/m2

22.7

22.5

22.3

22.0

<0.001

22.9

22.9

22.7

22.1

<0.001

   History of hypertension, %

19.8

19.4

20.3

16.3

0.20

21.4

23.9

19.9

17.7

<0.001

   History of diabetes, %

6.5

6.3

10.5

5.5

0.004

3.6

4.3

4.4

4.2

0.06

   Ethanol intake, g/day

34.2

35.7

34.6

30.7

0.01

9.9

11.1

20.6

13.9

<0.001

   Walk 30 minutes or more/day, %

68.9

67.9

68.0

67.5

0.81

72.1

71.3

67.0

64.0

<0.001

   Sport 5 hours or more/week, %

7.0

7.2

10.9

7.2

0.01

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.2

0.98

   College or higher education, %

13.5

10.8

11.9

12.0

0.13

7.9

6.8

8.0

10.3

<0.001

   Employed %

82.7

74.8

71.5

63.2

<0.001

38.1

42.2

47.1

45.7

<0.001

   High Stress %

23.3

25.8

25.8

18.0

0.007

20.3

20.8

24.5

23.6

0.004

   Current smoker, %

52.9

60.3

62.4

55.4

<0.001

4.4

7.7

21.5

9.9

<0.001

   Low interest in health screening, %

18.0

21.6

23.7

27.8

<0.001

14.5

17.6

18.6

25.3

<0.001

   No child, %

2.4

3.4

17.1

93.6

<0.001

2.8

3.9

9.7

96.3

<0.001

Psychological variables, %

          

   Hopelessness

6.7

14.3

14.7

21.5

<0.001

7.9

12.5

10.5

21.2

<0.001

   No joyfulness

3.5

6.8

8.1

13.9

<0.001

4.1

5.4

8.3

9.1

<0.001

   Not being trusted

10.0

15.1

16.1

23.1

<0.001

12.0

16.0

15.3

25.4

<0.001

   No fulfillment

26.2

35.7

40.9

36.6

<0.001

31.2

43.7

51.7

45.8

<0.001

   No quick response

8.1

10.5

9.0

21.2

<0.001

11.4

13.8

11.4

23.0

<0.001

   Likely to be angry

89.1

83.7

90.6

81.6

<0.001

85.2

82.5

84.3

80.2

<0.001

   Likely to be in hurry

92.5

88.6

91.2

80.9

<0.001

91.6

88.3

90.3

79.0

<0.001