Background
Neighborhood’s locality
Neighborhood’s road types
Objectives and hypotheses
Methods
Data source, study design, and study sample
Measures
Outcomes
Exposures
Neighborhood-level covariates
Individual-level covariates
Statistical analyses
Characteristic | Total (n = 13,413) | Urban (n = 5639) | Rural (n = 7774) | P value |
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Road type | ||||
unpaved roads | 3104 (23.14) | 1001 (17.75) | 2103 (27.05) | < 0.0001 |
paved roads | 8767 (65.36) | 4173 (74.00) | 4594 (59.09) | |
others | 1541 (11.50) | 465 (8.54) | 1077 (13.85) | |
Primary care institutions | ||||
0 | 3226 (24.05) | 1333 (23.64) | 1893 (24.35) | 0.07 |
1 | 5188 (38.68) | 2210 (39.19) | 2978 (38.31) | |
2 | 3098 (23.10) | 1339 (23.75) | 1759 (22.63) | |
≥ 3 | 1901 (14.17) | 757 (13.42) | 1144 (14.72) | |
Groundwater system | ||||
no | 9495 (70.79) | 3290 (58.34) | 6205 (79.82) | < 0.0001 |
yes | 3918 (29.21) | 2349 (41.66) | 1569 (20.18) | |
Sex | ||||
men | 6431 (47.95) | 2660 (47.17) | 3771 (48.51) | 0.13 |
women | 6982 (52.05) | 2979 (52.83) | 4003 (51.49) | |
Age, years a | 59.09 (±10.16) | 58.91 (±10.14) | (59.21 (±10.18) | < 0.0001 |
Marital status | ||||
married | 10,741 (80.08) | 4475 (79.36) | 6266 (80.60) | 0.08 |
other | 2672 (19.92) | 1164 (20.64) | 1508 (19.40) | |
Education attainment | ||||
illiteracy | 3672 (27.38) | 1543 (27.36) | 2129 (27.39) | 0.67 |
some primary school | 2371 (17.68) | 1019 (18.07) | 1352 (17.39) | |
primary school | 2895 (21.58) | 1195 (21.19) | 1700 (21.87) | |
junior school or above | 4475 (33.36) | 1882 (33.37) | 2593 (33.35) | |
Household income (quartile) | ||||
1st (the poorest) | 3218 (23.99) | 1477 (26.19) | 1741 (22.40) | < 0.0001 |
2nd | 3466 (25.84) | 1363 (24.17) | 2103 (27.05) | |
3rd | 3345 (24.94) | 1418 (25.15) | 1927 (24.79) | |
4th (the richest) | 3384 (25.23) | 1381 (24.49) | 2003 (25.77) | |
BMI (kg/m2) | ||||
< 18.5 | 935 (6.97) | 358 (6.35) | 577 (7.42) | < 0.001 |
≥ 18.5 and < 25 | 8362 (62.34) | 3449 (61.16) | 4913 (63.20) | |
≥ 25 and < 30 (overweight) | 3462 (25.81) | 1532 (27.17) | 1930 (24.83) | |
≥ 30 (obese) | 654 (4.88) | 300 (5.32) | 354 (4.55) | |
Health care insurance | ||||
uninsured | 893 (6.66) | 375 (6.65) | 518 (6.66) | 0.14 |
RCMI | 9771 (72.85) | 4063 (72.05) | 570 (73.42) | |
others | 2749 (20.50) | 1201 (21.30) | 1548 (19.91) | |
Physical activity | ||||
never | 12,686 (94.58) | 5144 (91.22) | 7542 (97.02) | < 0.0001 |
seldom | 112 (0.84) | 75 (1.33) | 37 (0.48) | |
a weekly basis | 129 (0.96) | 88 (1.56) | 41 (0.53) | |
a daily basis | 486 (3.62) | 332 (5.89) | 154 (1.98) |
Characteristics | Unweighted sample, n (%) | Weighted to reflect to China’s population, % (95 CI) | |||||||
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All (N = 13,413) | Urban (N = 5639) | Rural (N = 7774) | All | Urban | Rural | ||||
Chronic disease | |||||||||
0 | 4216 (31.43) | 1730 (30.68) | 2486 (31.98) | 32.09 | (28.97–34.11) | 32.61 | (30.62–34.67) | 31.48 | (30.50–33.72) |
1 | 4020 (29.97) | 1665 (29.53) | 2355 (30.29) | 30.58 | (28.73–32.57) | 30.55 | (29.25–31.89) | 30.62 | (29.46–31.73) |
2 | 2648 (19.74) | 1146 (20.32) | 1502 (19.32) | 19.11 | (17.89–21.28) | 18.75 | (17.65–19.90) | 19.53 | (18.14–20.12) |
3 | 1393 (10.39) | 586 (10.39) | 807 (10.38) | 9.81 | (8.58–10.62) | 10.04 | (9.19–10.95) | 9.55 | (9.16–10.50) |
4 | 680 (5.07) | 310 (5.5) | 370 (4.76) | 4.82 | (4.17–6.07) | 4.64 | (4.08–5.28) | 5.04 | (4.31–5.39) |
5 | 304 (2.27) | 131 (2.32) | 173 (2.23) | 2.25 | (1.61–2.72) | 2.39 | (1.95–2.92) | 2.10 | (1.92–2.65) |
6 | 97 (0.72) | 46 (0.82) | 51 (0.66) | 0.93 | (0.69–2.25) | 0.65 | (0.47–0.91) | 1.25 | (0.62–1.38) |
7 | 37 (0.28) | 17 (0.3) | 20 (0.26) | 0.27 | (0.17–0.54) | 0.24 | (0.14–0.42) | 0.31 | (0.18–0.40) |
8 | 12 (0.09) | 5 (0.09) | 7 (0.09) | 0.09 | (0.03–0.21) | 0.09 | (0.04–0.22) | 0.08 | (0.05–0.16) |
9 | 4 (0.03) | 2 (0.04) | 2 (0.03) | 0.03 | (0.01–0.12) | 0.03 | (0.01–0.12) | 0.03 | (0.01–0.08) |
10 | 2 (0.01) | 1 (0.02) | 1 (0.01) | 0.02 | (0.00–0.16) | 0.01 | (0.00–0.08) | 0.02 | (0.00–0.07) |
arthritis or rheumatism | 4570 (34.07) | 1923 (34.1) | 2647 (34.05) | 33.08 | (31.29–34.93) | 32.87 | (30.59–35.24) | 33.33 | (30.53–36.25) |
hypertension | 3276 (24.42) | 1453 (25.77) | 1823 (23.45) | 24.54 | (22.85–26.31) | 23.69 | (21.91–25.58) | 25.53 | (22.55–28.75) |
digestive disease | 3083 (22.99) | 1251 (22.18) | 1832 (23.57) | 21.98 | (20.68–23.33) | 22.69 | (21.24–24.21) | 21.15 | (18.92–23.56) |
heart problems | 1538 (11.47) | 728 (12.91) | 810 (10.42) | 11.21 | (10.23–12.27) | 10.18 | (9.05–11.45) | 12.41 | (10.79–14.23) |
chronic lung diseases | 1616 (12.05) | 688 (12.2) | 928 (11.94) | 11.82 | (10.99–12.71) | 11.89 | (10.84–13.03) | 11.74 | (10.45–13.18) |
dyslipidemia | 1162 (8.66) | 535 (9.49) | 627 (8.07) | 8.86 | (7.99–9.81) | 8.21 | (7.12–9.45) | 9.62 | (8.28–11.14) |
chronic kidney disease | 833 (6.21) | 324 (5.75) | 509 (6.55) | 5.96 | (5.34–6.64) | 6.48 | (5.58–7.52) | 5.35 | (4.57–6.25) |
diabetes | 743 (5.54) | 356 (6.31) | 387 (4.98) | 5.85 | (5.24–6.52) | 5.14 | (4.45–5.93) | 6.67 | (5.67–7.83) |
Chronic liver disease | 521 (3.88) | 224 (3.97) | 297 (3.82) | 3.90 | (3.44–4.43) | 3.79 | (3.23–4.45) | 4.03 | (3.32–4.90) |
asthma | 511 (3.81) | 206 (3.65) | 305 (3.92) | 3.69 | (3.26–4.17) | 3.97 | (3.41–4.62) | 3.36 | (2.75–4.11) |
stroke | 407 (3.03) | 197 (3.49) | 210 (2.7) | 2.17 | (1.83–2.57) | 2.00 | (1.58–2.52) | 2.37 | (1.84–3.03) |
mental problems | 258 (1.92) | 111 (1.97) | 147 (1.89) | 1.78 | (1.48–2.14) | 1.79 | (1.40–2.28) | 1.77 | (1.34–2.34) |
memory-related disease | 177 (1.32) | 84 (1.49) | 93 (1.2) | 1.45 | (1.16–1.80) | 1.43 | (1.08–1.89) | 1.47 | (1.03–2.08) |
cancer | 132 (0.98) | 51 (0.9) | 81 (1.04) | 0.90 | (0.74–1.09) | 1.03 | (0.82–1.30) | 0.74 | (0.52–1.04) |
Characteristics | Univariate analysis | Model 1 | Model 2a | |||
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Road type | ||||||
unpaved roads | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
paved roads | 0.88 | (0.85–0.92) *** | 0.87 | (0.83–0.91) *** | 0.86 | (0.78–0.95) *** |
others | 0.93 | (0.87–0.98) *** | 0.93 | (0.87–0.99) ** | 0.90 | (0.79–1.03) |
Urban (vs. rural) | 1.04 | (1.01–1.08) * | 1.05 | (1.01–1.09) ** | 1.02 | (0.95–1.10) |
Primary care institutions | ||||||
0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
1 | 0.99 | (0.95–1.03) | 0.99 | (0.95–1.03) | 1.01 | (0.92–1.11) |
2 | 0.99 | (0.94–1.04) | 1.00 | (0.95–1.05) | 1.02 | (0.92–1.13) |
≥ 3 | 0.90 | (0.85–0.96) ** | 0.94 | (0.89–0.99) * | 0.94 | (0.83–1.06) |
Groundwater system (yes vs. no) | 1.00 | (0.96–1.04) | 1.00 | (0.96–1.05) | 1.02 | (0.94–1.11) |
Age | 1.00 | (0.98–1.01) | 1.00 | (1.00–1.00) | 1.00 | (1.00–1.00) |
Women (vs. men) | 1.00 | (0.96–1.03) | 1.00 | (0.96–1.04) | 0.99 | (0.96–1.03) |
Married (vs. others) | 0.97 | (0.93–1.02) | 0.97 | (0.93–1.01) | 0.97 | (0.93–1.02) |
Household income | ||||||
1st (the poorest) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
2nd | 1.03 | (0.98–1.07) | 1.03 | (0.98–1.08) | 0.99 | (0.95–1.04) |
3rd | 0.96 | (0.91–1.00) | 0.95 | (0.93–1.00) | 0.94 | (0.89–0.99) * |
4th (the richest) | 0.94 | (0.89–0.99) * | 0.93 | (0.89–0.98) ** | 0.93 | (0.88–0.98) * |
Education attainment | ||||||
illiteracy | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
some primary school | 1.03 | (0.97–1.08) | 1.03 | (0.97–1.08) | 1.03 | (0.98–1.08) |
primary school | 1.01 | (0.96–1.06) | 1.01 | (0.96–1.06) | 1.00 | (0.95–1.06) |
junior school or above | 1.03 | (0.99–1.07) | 1.03 | (0.98–1.08) | 1.02 | (0.97–1.08) |
Health care insurance | ||||||
uninsured | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
RCMI | 1.03 | (0.96–1.10) | 1.03 | (0.96–1.11) | 1.04 | (0.97–1.11) |
others | 1.04 | (0.96–1.12) | 1.06 | (0.98–1.15) | 1.07 | (0.99–1.15) |
BMI | ||||||
< 18.5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
≥ 18.5 and < 25 | 0.91 | (0.85–0.97) * | 0.91 | (0.85–0.97) ** | 0.90 | (0.84–0.96) ** |
≥ 25 and < 30 | 1.15 | (1.08–1.24) *** | 1.16 | (1.08–1.25) *** | 1.14 | (1.06–1.22) *** |
≥ 30 | 1.36 | (1.24–1.50) *** | 1.37 | (1.24–1.50) *** | 1.33 | (1.21–1.46) *** |
Physical activity | ||||||
never | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
seldom | 1.00 | (0.83–1.21) | 1.00 | (0.83–1.20) | 0.96 | (0.80–1.15) |
a weekly basis | 1.09 | (0.92–1.29) | 1.09 | (0.92–1.29) | 1.06 | (0.90–1.25) |
a daily basis | 1.10 | (1.01–1.20) * | 1.08 | (0.99–1.18) | 1.08 | (0.98–1.18) |
characteristics | hypertension | dyslipidemia | diabetes | chronic lung disease | cancer | chronic liver disease | heart problems |
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unpaved roads | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
paved roads | 1.00 (0.85–1.18) | 1.13 (0.86–1.49) | 1.05 (0.83–1.33) | 0.76 (0.63–0.93)** | 0.91 (0.58–1.43) | 0.74 (0.55–0.99)* | 0.86 (0.66–1.11) |
others | 1.06 (0.84–1.33) | 0.75 (0.50–1.12) | 0.90 (0.64–1.27) | 0.93 (0.71–1.21) | 0.80 (0.41–1.55) | 0.87 (0.58–1.32) | 1.09 (0.76–1.56) |
urban (vs. rural) | 1.05 (0.92–1.19) | 0.95 (0.77–1.17) | 1.03 (0.86–1.23) | 1.09 (0.93–1.27) | 0.80 (0.55–1.16) | 1.02 (0.80–1.29) | 1.13 (0.93–1.38) |
characteristics | stroke | chronic kidney disease | digestive disease | mental problems | memory disease | arthritis or rheumatism | asthma |
unpaved roads | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
paved roads | 1.12 (0.74–1.69) | 0.68 (0.51–0.89)** | 0.82 (0.69–0.97)* | 0.67 (0.43–1.07) | 0.62 (0.38–1.01) | 0.69 (0.55–0.87)** | 0.67 (0.51–0.88)*** |
others | 0.86 (0.47–1.57) | 0.79 (0.53–1.16) | 0.79 (0.63–1.01) | 0.79 (0.41–1.51) | 0.46 (0.21–1.00) | 0.90 (0.65–1.23) | 0.66 (0.44–0.98)* |
urban (vs. rural) | 1.09 (0.80–1.49) | 0.89 (0.71–1.12) | 0.96 (0.84–1.10) | 1.26 (0.86–1.84) | 1.13 (0.76–1.68) | 1.05 (0.88–1.26) | 0.97 (0.77–1.23) |