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Table 2 Characteristics of participants

From: Health behaviors and metabolic risk factors are associated with dyslipidemia in ethnic Miao Chinese adults: the China multi-ethnic cohort study

Variables

Total (n = 5032)

Male (n = 1845)

Female (n = 3187)

P - value*

Age (years, %)

   

<  0.001

 30–39

862 (17.2)

277 (15.0)

585 (18.4)

 

 40–49

1478 (29.4)

500 (27.1)

978 (30.6)

 

 50–59

1396 (27.7)

490 (26.6)

906 (28.4)

 

 60–69

893 (17.7)

397 (21.5)

496 (15.6)

 

 70–79

403 (8.0)

181 (9.8)

222 (7.0)

 

Area of residence (%)

   

0.056

 Rural

3584 (71.2)

1289 (69.9)

2295 (72.0)

 

 Urban

1448 (28.8)

556 (30.1)

892 (28.0)

 

Educational level (%)

   

<  0.001

 No formal school

2190 (43.5)

540 (29.2)

1650 (51.7)

 

 Primary school

687 (13.7)

330 (17.9)

357 (11.2)

 

 Middle school

1004 (20.0)

400 (21.7)

604 (19.0)

 

 High school or college

884 (17.5)

418 (22.7)

466 (14.6)

 

 University or above

267 (5.3)

157 (8.5)

110 (3.5)

 

Occupation (%)

   

<  0.001

 Farmers

1767 (35.1)

725 (39.3)

1042 (32.7)

 

 Workers

400 (7.9)

186 (10.1)

214 (6.7)

 

 Administrators

165 (3.3)

95 (5.1)

70 (2.2)

 

 Specialists

441 (8.8)

237 (12.8)

204 (6.4)

 

 Other occupations

2259 (44.9)

602 (32.7)

1657 (52.0)

 

Marital status (%)

   

<  0.001

 Married or cohabiting

4367 (86.8)

1644 (89.1)

2723 (85.4)

 

 Separated or divorced

183 (3.6)

62 (3.4)

121 (3.8)

 

 Widowed

427 (8.5)

87 (4.7)

340 (10.7)

 

 Never married

55 (1.1)

52 (2.8)

3 (0.1)

 

Family income (yuan/year, %)

 < 20,000

2101 (41.7)

772 (41.8)

1329 (41.7)

0.783

 20,000-59,999

1650 (32.8)

591 (32.0)

1059 (33.2)

 

 60,000-99,999

763 (15.2)

289 (15.7)

474 (14.9)

 

 ≥ 100,000

518 (10.3)

193 (10.5)

325 (10.2)

 
  1. Data was presented as n (%)
  2. *Chi-square test