Table 1 Demographic characteristics, health behavior and chronic disease history among middle aged Chinese women

Age

46.502 ± 3.503

51.421 ± 3.572

55.15 ± 2.961

<0.001^***

Education

0.074

  ≤high school

542 (82.7 %)

119 (89.5 %)

452 (81.1 %)

  >high school

113 (17.3 %)

14 (10.5 %)

105 (18.9 %)

Marriage

0.644

  Yes

623 (95.1 %)

126 (94.7 %)

523 (93.9 %)

  No

32 (4.9 %)

7 (5.3 %)

34 (6.1 %)

Smoking Status

0.510

  Never

605 (92.2 %)

122 (91.7 %)

502 (90.1 %)

  Current

46 (7.0 %)

11 (8.3 %)

52 (9.3 %)

  Past

5 (0.8 %)

0 (0.0 %)

3 (0.6 %)

Alcohol Drinking

0.553

  Never

624 (95.3 %)

129 (97.0 %)

537 (96.4 %)

  Current

29 (4.4 %)

4 (3.0 %)

20 (3.6 %)

Past

2 (0.3 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

Physical activities

0.058

  Rarely/never

349 (53.2 %)

89 (66.9 %)

298 (53.6 %)

  1 ~ 4 times/week

83 (12.7 %)

13 (9.8 %)

74 (13.3 %)

  ≥5 times/week

224 (34.1 %)

31 (23.3 %)

184 (33.1 %)

Stroke

0.353

  No

649 (98.9 %)

130 (97.7 %)

546 (98.0 %)

  Yes

7 (1.1 %)

3 (2.3 %)

11 (2.0 %)

Hypertension

0.402

  No

458 (69.8 %)

98 (73.7 %)

378 (67.9 %)

  Yes

198 (30.2 %)

35 (26.3 %)

179 (32.1 %)

CHD

0.103

  No

624 (95.1 %)

123 (92.5 %)

538 (96.6 %)

  Yes

32 (4.9 %)

10 (7.5 %)

19 (3.4 %)

Diabetes

0.559

  No

593 (90.4 %)

123 (92.5 %)

512 (91.9 %)

  Yes

63 (9.6 %)

10 (7.5 %)

45 (8.1 %)