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Table 1 Characteristics of the elderly by tea consumption status in 2005 wave of CLHLS

From: Association between tea consumption and depressive symptom among Chinese older adults

 

Non- drinkers

Inconsistent drinkers

Consistent drinkers

Consistent daily drinkers

P value

Depressive symptom, mean (SD)

6.92 (3.50)

6.72 (3.42)

6.59 (3.34)

5.86 (3.45)

< 0.001

Age, mean (SD)

85.95 (11.67)

85.15 (10.89)

84.07 (11.21)

82.13 (11.60)

< 0.001

Male, N (%)

1575 (31.75)

1493 (45.32)

1216 (52.66)

1589 (64.54)

< 0.001

Urban, N (%)

1991 (40.13)

1488 (45.17)

1084 (46.95)

1316 (53.45)

< 0.001

Educated, N (%)

1524 (30.72)

1402 (42.56)

1035 (44.82)

1449 (58.85)

< 0.001

Married, N (%)

1385 (27.92)

1100 (33.39)

801 (34.69)

1116 (45.33)

< 0.001

Having pension, N (%)

805 (16.23)

712 (21.62)

577 (24.99)

918 (37.29)

< 0.001

Smoking, N (%)

698 (14.07)

629 (19.10)

567 (24.56)

784 (31.84)

< 0.001

Drinking, N (%)

796 (16.05)

686 (20.83)

570 (24.69)

717 (29.12)

< 0.001

ADL score, mean (SD)

0.55 (1.29)

0.52 (1.28)

0.39 (1.14)

0.36 (1.09)

< 0.001

MMSE score, mean (SD)

23.63 (6.94)

24.04 (6.89)

24.93 (6.17)

25.96 (5.58)

< 0.001

Playing card/mahjong, N (%)

694 (13.99)

617 (18.73)

483 (20.92)

705 (28.64)

< 0.001

Community activity, N (%)

525 (10.58)

534 (16.21)

466 (20.18)

602 (24.45)

< 0.001

Tourism, N (%)

254 (5.12)

233 (7.07)

180 (7.80)

312 (12.67)

< 0.001

Sample size (%)

4961 (38.1)

3294 (25.3)

2309 (17.7)

2462 (18.9)

 
  1. P values are calculated with analysis of variance (ANOVA) for continuous variables and Chi-squared test for categorical variables