Social network types and functional dependency in older adults in Mexico

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle and medical history of older adults in each type of social network

	Diverse with community participation	Diverse without community participation	Widowed	Nonfriends-restricted	Nonfamily-restricted	Total
	n = 404	n = 1484	n = 1071	n = 255	n = 134	n = 3348
I. Socio-demographic characteristics	%	%	%	%	%	%
Sex*
Men	37.9	65.8	28.6	36.1	45.5	47.4
Women	62.1	34.2	71.4	63.9	54.5	52.6
Age*
<75 years	68.8	74.5	59.2	61.2	51.5	67.0
≥75 years	31.2	25.5	40.8	38.8	48.5	33.0
Schooling*, years, mean (SD)	3.1 (2.3)	3.1 (2.1)	2.7(2.2)	2.5 (2.2)	3.1 (2.1)	2.9 (2.2)
State of residence*
Central	14.1	19.3	18.8	54.5	14.9	21.0
South	40.8	25.2	28.6	12.2	28.4	27.3
West	27.5	25.0	23.8	18.0	20.9	24.2
North	17.6	30.5	28.8	15.3	35.8	27.5
II. Lifestyle
Physical activity*
Regular	33.4	34.9	27.7	26.7	32.8	31.7
Irregular and physical inactivity	66.6	65.1	72.3	73.3	67.2	68.3
Diet*
Healthy diet	80.0	76.5	76.5	58.8	78.4	75.7
Unhealthy diet	20.0	23.5	23.5	41.2	21.6	24.3
Smoking*
No	69.1	54.7	67.6	63.1	65.7	61.6
Yes	30.9	45.3	32.4	36.9	34.3	38.4
III. Self-rated health*
Positive	34.9	39.2	33.6	25.5	35.8	35.7
Negative	65.1	60.8	66.4	74.5	64.2	64.3
IV. Medical history
Number of chronic diseases*, mean (SD)	1.3 (1.1)	1.2 (1.1)	1.4 (1.1)	1.4 (1.2)	1.3 (1.1)	1.3 (1.1)
Depression*
Absent	81.2	84.6	76.0	60.4	79.9	79.4
Probable depression	14.4	12.6	17.1	27.5	14.1	15.5
Established depression	4.4	2.8	6.9	12.1	6.0	5.1
Dependence in basic and instrumental activities*
Independent	90.1	88.6	82.0	80.4	82.8	85.8
Dependent	9.9	11.4	18.0	19.6	17.2	14.2

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