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Table 1 Characteristics of participants according to the Chinese famine exposure

From: Early-life exposure to the Chinese famine of 1959–61 and risk of Hyperuricemia: results from the China health and retirement longitudinal study

 

Unexposed

Fetal-exposed

Early-childhood exposed

N (%)

1001

574

808

Birthdate

 From Oct 1, year

1962

1959

1956

 To Sep 30, year

1964

1961

1958

Gender, n (%)

 Male

441 (44.1)

256 (44.6)

380 (47.0)

 Female

560 (55.9)

318 (55.4)

428 (53.0)

Marital, n (%)

 Married and living with spouse

902 (90.1)

508 (88.5)

713 (88.2)

 Otherwise

99 (9.9)

66 (11.5)

95 (11.8)

Residence, n (%)

 Urban

274 (27.4)

142 (24.7)

208 (25.7)

 Rural

727 (72.6)

432 (75.3)

600 (74.3)

Famine severity, n (%)

 Severely

631 (63.0)

338 (58.9)

493 (61.0)

 Less severely

370 (37.0)

236 (41.1)

315 (39.0)

 Smoking, n (%)

363 (36.3)

234 (40.8)

337 (41.7)†

 Drinking, n (%)

378 (37.8)

218 (38.0)

292 (36.1)

 Overweight/obesity, n (%)

541 (54.0)

292 (50.9)

410 (50.7)

 Hypertension, n (%)

288 (28.8)

191 (33.3)

298 (36.9)‡

 Diabetes, n (%)

135 (13.5)

92 (16.0)

136 (16.8)

 Hyperuricemia, n (%)

107 (10.7)

81 (14.1)

90 (11.1)

  1. †Between the groups, χ2 = 6.345, P = 0.042. Compared with the unexposed, P < 0.025 (Bonferroni correction)
  2. ‡Between the groups, χ2 = 13.536, P < 0.001. Compared with the unexposed, P < 0.025 (Bonferroni correction)