From: Marital status and mortality among Japanese men and women: the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study
 | Marital Status | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Men | Women | ||||||||
Marital Status | Married | Widowed | Divorced | Single | P-value | Married | Widowed | Divorced | Single | P-value |
No. at risk | 35,359 | 1,229 | 554 | 639 | Â | 43,341 | 6,929 | 1,172 | 841 | Â |
   Age, year | 56.5 | 65.7 | 53.5 | 48.5 | <0.001 | 55.5 | 65.6 | 56.2 | 55.9 | <0.001 |
   Body mass index, kg/m2 | 22.7 | 22.5 | 22.3 | 22.0 | <0.001 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.7 | 22.1 | <0.001 |
   History of hypertension, % | 19.8 | 19.4 | 20.3 | 16.3 | 0.20 | 21.4 | 23.9 | 19.9 | 17.7 | <0.001 |
   History of diabetes, % | 6.5 | 6.3 | 10.5 | 5.5 | 0.004 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 0.06 |
   Ethanol intake, g/day | 34.2 | 35.7 | 34.6 | 30.7 | 0.01 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 20.6 | 13.9 | <0.001 |
   Walk 30 minutes or more/day, % | 68.9 | 67.9 | 68.0 | 67.5 | 0.81 | 72.1 | 71.3 | 67.0 | 64.0 | <0.001 |
   Sport 5 hours or more/week, % | 7.0 | 7.2 | 10.9 | 7.2 | 0.01 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 0.98 |
   College or higher education, % | 13.5 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 0.13 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 8.0 | 10.3 | <0.001 |
   Employed % | 82.7 | 74.8 | 71.5 | 63.2 | <0.001 | 38.1 | 42.2 | 47.1 | 45.7 | <0.001 |
   High Stress % | 23.3 | 25.8 | 25.8 | 18.0 | 0.007 | 20.3 | 20.8 | 24.5 | 23.6 | 0.004 |
   Current smoker, % | 52.9 | 60.3 | 62.4 | 55.4 | <0.001 | 4.4 | 7.7 | 21.5 | 9.9 | <0.001 |
   Low interest in health screening, % | 18.0 | 21.6 | 23.7 | 27.8 | <0.001 | 14.5 | 17.6 | 18.6 | 25.3 | <0.001 |
   No child, % | 2.4 | 3.4 | 17.1 | 93.6 | <0.001 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 9.7 | 96.3 | <0.001 |
Psychological variables, % | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Hopelessness | 6.7 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 21.5 | <0.001 | 7.9 | 12.5 | 10.5 | 21.2 | <0.001 |
   No joyfulness | 3.5 | 6.8 | 8.1 | 13.9 | <0.001 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 8.3 | 9.1 | <0.001 |
   Not being trusted | 10.0 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 23.1 | <0.001 | 12.0 | 16.0 | 15.3 | 25.4 | <0.001 |
   No fulfillment | 26.2 | 35.7 | 40.9 | 36.6 | <0.001 | 31.2 | 43.7 | 51.7 | 45.8 | <0.001 |
   No quick response | 8.1 | 10.5 | 9.0 | 21.2 | <0.001 | 11.4 | 13.8 | 11.4 | 23.0 | <0.001 |
   Likely to be angry | 89.1 | 83.7 | 90.6 | 81.6 | <0.001 | 85.2 | 82.5 | 84.3 | 80.2 | <0.001 |
   Likely to be in hurry | 92.5 | 88.6 | 91.2 | 80.9 | <0.001 | 91.6 | 88.3 | 90.3 | 79.0 | <0.001 |