Table 2 Characteristics of NHANES 2011–14 participants aged 50 years and older with and without self-reported basic physical functioning difficulty
Basic physical functioning difficulty | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Variables+ | YES (N = 283; 24.9%) | NO (N = 853; 75.1%) | P value |
Age (+/− SE) years | 65.7 +/− 0.8 | 67.1 +/− 0.4 | 0.134 |
(95% CI) | (64.1–67.3) | (66.3–67.8) | |
Sex | 0.792 | ||
Male (n = 561) | 133 (21.4%) | 428 (78.6%) | |
Female (n = 575) | 150 (22.3%) | 425 (77.7%) | |
BMI | 0.075 | ||
Under (n = 19) | 9 (27.1%)+ | 10 (72.9%)+ | |
Normal (n = 301) | 59 (18.0%) | 242(82.0%) | |
Overweight (n = 400) | 89 (19.4%) | 311 (80.6%) | |
Obese (n = 416) | 126 (27.1%) | 290 (72.9%) | |
Race/ethnicity | 0.014 | ||
Non-Hispanic White (n = 533) | 130 (20.3%) | 403 (79.7%) | |
Non-Hispanic Black (n = 261) | 70 (28.1%) | 191 (71.9%) | |
Others (n = 342) | 83 (26.6%) | 259 (73.4%) | |
Education | 0.029 | ||
< High school (n = 352) | 105 (27.3%) | 247 (72.7%) | |
= High school (n = 253) | 66 (26.9%) | 187 (73.1%) | |
> High school (n = 531) | 112 (18.3%) | 419 (81.7%) | |
Health insurance | 0.852 | ||
Yes (n = 1001) | 253 (21.8%) | 748 (78.2%) | |
No (n = 135) | 30 (22.8%) | 105 (77.2%) | |
Drinker | 0.068 | ||
Yes (n = 605) | 129 (18.9%) | 476 (81.1%) | |
No (n = 531) | 154 (26.6%) | 377 (73.4%) | |
Smoking | 0.008 | ||
Never (n = 541) | 120 (18.6%) | 421 (81.4%) | |
Former (n = 410) | 108 (22.1%) | 302 (77.9%) | |
Current (n = 185) | 55 (32.7%) | 130 (67.3%) | |
Physical activity | 0.012 | ||
Non-sedentary (n = 405) | 68 (15.5%) | 337 (84.5%) | |
Sedentary (n = 731) | 215 (26.2%) | 516 (73.8%) | |
Diabetes | 0.004 | ||
Yes (n = 277) | 86 (31.7%) | 191 (68.3%) | |
No (n = 859) | 197 (19.2%) | 662 (80.8%) | |
Serum albumin (gm/dL)§ | 0.088 | ||
(mean +/− SE) | 4.16+/− 0.03 | 4.23+/−0.02 | |
Hemoglobin (gm/dL) | 0.038 | ||
(mean +/− SE) | 13.75 +/− 0.14 | 14.06 +/− 0.06 | |
(95% CI) | (13.46–14.04) | (13.93–14.18) | |