Variable | All sample (N = 23,268) | Group with chronic disease (N = 15,412) | Group without chronic disease (N = 7856) | Group with chronic disease VS Group without chronic disease | |||
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Mean | Std. Dev. | Mean | Std. Dev. | Mean | Std. Dev. | P-valuea | |
Air pollution emission intensity (tons per 100 million Chinese yuan) | |||||||
 SO2 | 82.950 | 78.355 | 82.602 | 74.980 | 83.632 | 84.587 | < 0.001 |
 TSP | 45.571 | 49.025 | 46.510 | 50.816 | 43.729 | 45.253 | < 0.001 |
Air pollution emission per unit area (tons/km2) | |||||||
 SO2 | 6.812 | 8.307 | 6.667 | 8.728 | 7.097 | 7.403 | < 0.001 |
 TSP | 3.079 | 3.495 | 2.998 | 3.576 | 3.236 | 3.326 | < 0.001 |
Air pollution emission per capita (tons/10,000 people) | |||||||
 SO2 | 135.137 | 120.211 | 132.127 | 118.256 | 141.042 | 123.753 | < 0.001 |
 TSP | 70.938 | 81.064 | 70.173 | 80.964 | 72.440 | 81.243 | < 0.001 |
Climatic indexes | |||||||
 Average monthly temperature (0.1 °C) | 265.990 | 39.353 | 266.038 | 39.678 | 265.894 | 38.710 | < 0.001 |
 Average monthly relative humidity (%) | 73.253 | 7.603 | 73.077 | 7.634 | 73.599 | 7.529 | < 0.001 |
 Depressive symptoms | 11.623 | 4.664 | 12.176 | 4.858 | 10.538 | 4.043 | < 0.001 |
Age | 60.101 | 9.989 | 61.101 | 9.834 | 58.139 | 10.000 | < 0.001 |
Income (Chinese yuan/year) | 8175 | 14,912 | 7970 | 13,343 | 8576 | 17,583 | 0.011 |
 | n | % | n | % | n | % | P-valueb |
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Male | 11,108 | 47.739 | 7165 | 46.490 | 3943 | 50.191 | 0.010 |
Unmarried | 2854 | 12.266 | 1991 | 12.919 | 863 | 10.985 | 0.022 |
Living in urban area | 9016 | 38.748 | 5947 | 38.587 | 3069 | 39.066 | 0.730 |
Education | < 0.001 | ||||||
 No education | 5973 | 25.670 | 4145 | 26.895 | 1828 | 23.269 |  |
 No education but can read/write | 4218 | 18.128 | 2946 | 19.115 | 1272 | 16.191 |  |
 Primary school | 5181 | 22.267 | 3498 | 22.696 | 1683 | 21.423 |  |
 Junior high school and above | 7896 | 33.935 | 4823 | 31.294 | 3073 | 39.117 |  |
Employment status | < 0.001 | ||||||
 Unemployed | 7734 | 33.239 | 5623 | 36.485 | 2111 | 26.871 |  |
 Self-employed | 10,162 | 43.674 | 6710 | 43.537 | 3452 | 43.941 |  |
 Wage earner | 5372 | 23.087 | 3079 | 19.978 | 2293 | 29.188 |  |
Insurance | 0.037 | ||||||
 Uninsured | 1455 | 6.253 | 854 | 5.541 | 601 | 7.650 |  |
 NCMS and URBMI | 18,635 | 80.089 | 12,389 | 80.385 | 6246 | 79.506 |  |
 UEBMI | 3178 | 13.658 | 2169 | 14.074 | 1009 | 12.844 |  |
Health behavior | Â | ||||||
 Current Smoker | 7713 | 33.149 | 4757 | 30.866 | 2956 | 37.627 | < 0.001 |
 Current Drinker | 7756 | 33.333 | 4932 | 32.001 | 2824 | 35.947 | 0.005 |