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Table 2 Demographic characteristics between two waves in 2011 and 2015

From: Temporal trends in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among middle-aged and elderly adults from 2011 to 2015 in China: the China health and retirement longitudinal study (CHARLS)

 

Baseline wave in 2011 (11847)

Third wave in 2015 (13013)

P value

Sex, n (%)

  

0.4989

 Female

6336 (53.48%)

7019 (53.94%)

 

 Male

5511 (46.52%)

5994 (46.06%)

 

Age group, n (%)

  

< 0.0001

 45–50

2472 (20.87%)

2143 (16.47%)

 

 51–55

1914 (16.16%)

2092 (16.08%)

 

 56–60

2418 (20.41%)

2071 (15.91%)

 

 61–65

1886 (15.92%)

2357 (18.11%)

 

 66–70

1288 (10.87%)

1741 (13.38%)

 

  ≥ 71

1868 (15.77%)

2609 (20.05%)

 

Marital Status, n (%)

  

0.909

 Marrieda

9787 (82.62%)

10,744 (82.56%)

 

 Abnormal Statusb

2059 (17.38%)

2269 (17.44%)

 

Residence, n (%)

  

0.0128

 Rural

7529 (63.56%)

8007 (62.03%)

 

 Urban

4317 (36.44%)

4902 (37.97%)

 

Region, n (%)

  

< 0.0001

 North-east

847 (7.15%)

938 (7.27%)

 

 North

1675 (14.14%)

1676 (12.98%)

 

 North west

955 (8.06%)

1022 (7.92%)

 

 East

3634 (30.68%)

4359 (33.76%)

 

 South-central

2661 (22.46%)

2840 (21.99%)

 

 South-west

2074 (17.51%)

2077 (16.08%)

 
  1. amarried with spouse present; bmarried but not living with spouse temporarily for reasons such as work, separated, divorced, widowed and never married