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Table 1 Sample characteristics of NHATS participants by food insufficiency status1,2

From: Food sufficiency status and sleep outcomes in older adults: the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS)

 

All

FS without FAP

FS with FAP

FI

P-values

N

1665

1433

164

68

 

%

 

86.07

9.85

4.08

 

Age groups, year, %

    

0.88

65–69

8.53

8.44

10.37

5.88

 

70–74

24.68

24.98

21.34

26.47

 

75–79

22.94

22.54

26.22

23.53

 

80–84

22.22

22.26

22.56

20.59

 

85–89

13.27

13.33

10.98

17.65

 

> 90

8.35

8.44

8.54

5.88

 

Females, %

54.41

52.13

62.20

81.82

< 0.0001

Race/Ethnicity, %

    

< 0.0001

White, non-Hispanic

73.87

77.18

47.56

65.65

 

Black, non-Hispanic

17.30

15.56

32.32

17.65

 

Hispanic

3.06

3.07

3.05

2.94

 

Other

5.77

4.19

17.07

11.76

 

Education, %

    

< 0.0001

< High school diploma

21.26

17.10

51.22

36.76

 

High school diploma

31.11

30.84

32.93

32.35

 

> High school diploma

47.63

52.06

15.85

30.88

 

Marital status, %

    

< 0.0001

Married, living with a partner

49.01

53.31

25.61

14.71

 

Not married, widowed, separated, divorced

50.99

46.69

74.39

85.29

 

Income quintiles, %

    

< 0.0001

1 (the lowest)

19.70

13.05

67.07

45.59

 

2

21.38

20.52

26.22

27.94

 

3

18.20

20.03

4.27

13.24

 

4

19.46

21.98

1.83

8.82

 

5 (the highest)

21.26

24.42

0.61

4.41

 

Household size, number of persons

1.96 (1.08)

1.95 (1.03)

2.17 (1.38)

1.72 (1.13)

0.005

Nutritional status, %

    

< 0.0001

Underweight

2.10

2.09

1.22

4.41

 

Normal

32.49

33.29

27.44

27.94

 

Overweight

35.50

36.85

30.49

19.12

 

Obese

29.91

27.77

40.85

48.53

 

Depression, score

0.96 (1.39)

0.85 (1.29)

1.52 (1.72)

1.87 (1.72)

0.0001

Anxiety, score

0.85 (1.28)

0.76 (1.19)

1.34 (1.59)

1.57 (1.61)

0.0001

Hypertension, %

73.33

71.67

83.54

83.82

0.001

Diabetes, %

28.17

26.17

39.02

44.12

< 0.0001

Heart attack or myocardial infarction, %

2.82

2.37

6.10

4.41

0.02

Physical function test score quartiles (N= 1448), %

 

(N = 1258)

(N = 135)

(N = 55)

< 0.0001

1 (the worst)

22.44

18.68

48.15

45.45

 

2

25.28

24.80

25.19

36.36

 

3

29.49

30.76

22.96

16.36

 

4 (the best)

22.79

25.76

3.70

1.82

 

Nighttime sleep

(N= 1614), hours

 

(N = 1396)

(N = 152)

(N = 66)

0.72

 

7.05 (1.55)

7.06 (1.51)

7.09 (1.78)

6.83 (1.83)

 

Total sleep

(N= 1518), hours

 

(N = 1372)

(N = 146)

(N = 63)

0.82

 

7.75 (1.77)

7.73 (1.73)

7.85 (1.98)

7.67 (2.06)

 

Sleep latency

(N= 1584), hour

 

(N = 1369)

(N = 154)

(N = 61)

0.01

 

0.50 (1.01)

0.48 (1.03)

0.54 (0.76)

0.68 (0.86)

 

Sleep quality

(N= 1649), score

 

(N = 1420)

(N = 161)

(N = 68)

0.008

 

1.11 (1.02)

1.08 (1.02)

1.25 (1.02)

1.44 (1.15)

 
  1. FAP, Food Assistance Programs; FI, Food Insufficient; FS, Food Sufficient; NHATS, The National Health and Aging Trends Study
  2. 1 Values are mean (SD) for household size, depression, anxiety, and sleep outcomes and % for other categorical variables
  3. 2 Between-group differences in continuous and categorical variables were tested by Kruskal –Wallis, and Chi-square tests, respectively