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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of Chinese and Non-Chinese participants

From: The mental-attention Tai Chi effect with older adults

Demographics

All

number (%)

Chinese

number (%)

Non-Chinese

number (%)

p-value

Gender

 Male

 Female

10 (15.6)

54 (84.4)

3 (8.6)

32 (91.4)

7 (24.1)

22 (75.9)

.088

Age

 50–64

 65–74

 75+

27 (42.2)

26 (40.6)

11 (17.2)

20 (57.1)

13 (37.1)

2 (5.7)

7 (24.1)

13 (44.8)

9 (31.0)

.006

Education

 Illiterate

 Primary

 Junior/Senior High

 University

2 (3.3)

21 (34.4)

28 (45.9)

10 (16.4)

2 (5.9)

14 (41.2)

17 (50.0)

1 (2.9)

0 (0)

7 (25.9)

11 (40.7)

9 (33.3)

.010

Income

  < 14,000

 14,000–30,000

  > 30,000

34 (59.6)

16 (28.1)

7 (12.3)

25 (75.8)

5 (15.2)

3 (9.1)

9 (37.5)

11 (45.8)

4 (16.7)

.013

Marital Status

 Unmarried/Widowed/Divorced

 Married/Living with partner

26 (42.6)

35 (57.4)

11 (33.3)

22 (66.7)

15 (53.5)

13 (46.4)

.111

Previous Tai Chi participation (at least one year)

 Yes

 No

22 (34.4)

42 (65.6)

18 (51.4)

17 (48.6)

4 (13.8)

25 (86.2)

.003

Physical activity per week

 At least once or twice

 Rarely or never

46 (74.2)

16 (25.8)

23 (67.6)

11 (32.4)

23 (82.1)

5 (17.9)

.088

Intensity of physical activity

 Intense/Moderate effort

 Light effort

50 (80.6)

12 (19.4)

26 (76.5)

8 (23.5)

24 (82.7)

4 (14.3)

.357

  1. p-value: between-subject p-value for Chinese versus Non-Chinese