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Table 1 Lifestyle and psychosocial characteristics of participants at age 64 years

From: Lifestyle and psychosocial factors and a decline in competence in daily living among Japanese early elderly people: from an age-specified community-based cohort study (NISSIN project)

 

Men (n = 1113)

Women (n = 1203)

P value

Mental condition

 Depressive mood

172 (15.5)

259 (21.6)

0.001

 Mental strain

  Seldom

610 (55.1)

423 (35.2)

< 0.001

  Sometimes

455 (41.1)

686 (57.1)

 

  Always

42 (3.8)

93 (7.7)

 

 Life satisfaction

  Low (≤ 4)

392 (35.3)

441 (36.7)

0.39

  Medium (5–6)

422 (38.0)

424 (35.3)

 

  High (≥ 7)

296 (26.7)

337 (28.0)

 

 Nighttime awakening

  Seldom

250 (22.5)

249 (20.7)

0.146

  Once

463 (41.6)

549 (45.6)

 

  Twice or more

400 (35.9)

405 (33.7)

 

Daily habits

 Smoking

  Never

224 (20.1)

1106 (91.9)

< 0.001

  Past

547 (49.2)

62 (5.2)

 

  Current

341 (30.7)

35 (2.9)

 

 Daily ethanol intake§

  Seldom

341 (31.7)

954 (82.0)

< 0.001

  ≤ 23 g

460 (42.8)

198 (17.0)

 

  > 23 g

274 (25.5)

12 (1.0)

 

 Regular exercise

  Seldom

400 (36.0)

483 (40.2)

0.081

  < 1/week

108 (9.7)

98 (8.2)

 

  ≥ 1/week

604 (54.3)

621 (51.7)

 

 Daily walking time

  < 30 min

182 (16.4)

96 (8.1)

< 0.001

  30 min to 1 h

389 (35.1)

305 (25.6)

 

  ≥ 1 h

539 (48.6)

792 (66.4)

 

 Gait speed

  Slow

97 (8.7)

155 (12.9)

0.003

  Medium

872 (78.4)

882 (73.4)

 

  Fast

143 (12.9)

164 (13.7)

 

 Daily sleeping hours

  < 6 h

69 (6.2)

154 (12.8)

< 0.001

  6–8 h

714 (64.2)

836 (64.5)

 

  8 h

330 (28.7)

213 (17.7)

 

Social activities

 Current working

639 (58.1)

309 (25.9)

< 0.001

 Participation in community activities

904 (81.2)

1021 (84.9)

0.019

Environment

 Final educational status

  Junior high school

282 (25.4)

384 (32.0)

< 0.001

  Senior high school

452 (40.7)

617 (51.4)

 

  Junior college or higher

376 (33.9)

199 (16.6)

 

 Marital status

  Never, widowed, or divorced

42 (3.8)

196 (16.4)

< 0.001

  Presently married

1071 (96.2)

1003 (83.7)

 

 Number of family members living together

  0

13 (1.2)

74 (6.4)

< 0.001

  1

540 (48.3)

611 (52.5)

 

  ≥ 2

543 (49.5)

478 (41.1)

 
  1. Values are expressed as number (percentage). Percentage was calculated by excluding missing data
  2. Participants whose score on the Geriatric Depression Scale was 6 or more
  3. Life satisfaction index-K
  4. §Mean daily ethanol intake was calculated from the type, amount, and frequency of alcoholic beverages