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Table 2 Prevalence of food insecurity in older adults (≥ 65 years) by chronic conditions and COVID-19 infection status, 2020–2021 NHIS sample

From: The association between chronic conditions, COVID-19 infection, and food insecurity among the older US adults: findings from the 2020–2021 National Health Interview Survey

 

Totala (n = 17,977)

High or marginal food security (n = 17,329)

Low food security(n = 430)

Very low food security (n = 218)

p-value

Any chronic conditions

    

 < 0.0001

 No

13.9 (2421)

98.0 (2378)

1.4 (32)

0.5 (11)

 

 Yes

86.1 (15,556)

95.7 (14,951)

2.9 (398)

1.4 (207)

 

Physical health conditions

Arthritis

    

 < 0.0001

 No

53.0 (9313)

96.7 (9058)

2.5 (175)

0.9 (80)

 

 Yes

47.0 (8664)

95.2 (8271)

3.0 (255)

1.8 (138)

 

CHD

    

 < 0.0001

 No

85.6 (15,408)

96.3 (14,898)

2.6 (352)

1.1 (158)

 

 Yes

14.4 (2569)

94.2 (2431)

3.4 (78)

2.4 (60)

 

Hypertension

    

 < 0.0001

 No

39.1 (6990)

97.1 (6808)

2.0 (126)

0.8 (56)

 

 Yes

60.9 (10,987)

95.3 (10,521)

3.2 (304)

1.6 (162)

 

Stroke

    

 < 0.0001

 No

92.8 (16,691)

96.2 (16,134)

2.6 (375)

1.2 (182)

 

 Yes

7.2 (1286)

92.8 (1195)

4.2 (55)

3.0 (36)

 

Prediabetes

    

 < 0.0001

 No

75.4 (13,706)

96.5 (13,285)

2.4 (284)

1.1 (137)

 

 Yes

24.6 (4271)

94.3 (4044)

3.8 (146)

1.9 (81)

 

Diabetes

    

 < 0.0001

 No

80.2 (14,647)

96.7 (14,212)

2.3 (293)

1.0 (142)

 

 Yes

19.8 (3330)

93.0 (3117)

4.6 (137)

2.4 (76)

 

Asthma

    

 < 0.0001

No

88.7 (15,867)

96.2 (15,353)

2.6 (346)

1.2 (168)

 

 Yes

11.3 (2110)

94.2 (1976)

3.7 (84)

2.1 (50)

 

COPD

    

 < 0.0001

 No

89.4 (16,061)

96.3 (15,550)

2.6 (346)

1.1 (165)

 

 Yes

10.6 (1916)

93.1 (1779)

4.1 (84)

2.8 (53)

 

Disability

    

 < 0.0001

 No

82.1 (14,811)

97.0 (14,426)

2.2 (271)

0.8 (114)

 

 Yes

17.9 (3166)

91.4 (2903)

5.0 (159)

3.6 (104)

 

Mental health conditions

Anxiety disorder

    

 < 0.0001

 No

88.5 (15,817)

96.6 (15,351)

2.4 (316)

1.1 (150)

 

 Yes

11.5 (2160)

91.5 (1978)

5.5 (114)

2.9 (68)

 

Depression disorder

    

 < 0.0001

 No

85.3 (15,160)

96.7 (14,735)

2.3 (291)

1.0 (134)

 

 Yes

14.7 (2817)

91.7 (2594)

5.2 (139)

3.1 (84)

 

COVID-19 infectionb

    

 < 0.0001

 Negative

93.9 (13,252)

95.2 (12,816)

2.6 (297)

1.0 (139)

 

 Positive

6.1 (716)

96.3 (687)

3.0 (19)

1.8 (10)

 
  1. Notes. NHIS National Health Interview Survey, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, CHD coronary heart disease, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  2. aValues were expressed as % (n). All percentages (%) were based on the weighted sample and the number of participants (n) was calculated based on the unweighted sample
  3. bThe prevalence of food insecurity by COVID-19 infection status was calculated within participants with available data on COVID-19
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