Baseline characteristics according to changes in living environment after matching (n=178)
| Living environment | Baseline* | Prefabricated temporary housing | P values | |
| Follow-up† | Prefabricated temporary housing | Public reconstruction housing | ||
| 89 | 89 | |||
| Sex (%) | Male | 51.7 | 46.1 | 0.55 |
| Female | 48.3 | 53.9 | ||
| Age (continuous) | 61.1 (17.3) | 60.7 (15.4) | 0.35 | |
| Age (%) | <65 years old | 47.2 | 49.4 | 0.88 |
| ≥65 years old | 52.8 | 50.6 | ||
| BMI (continuous) | 24.3 (4.2) | 23.7 (3.8) | 0.37 | |
| BMI (%) | <18.5 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 0.95 |
| 18.5–24.9 | 61.6 | 61.6 | ||
| ≥25 | 37.2 | 36.0 | ||
| Working status (%) | Unemployed | 57.3 | 54.5 | 0.57 |
| Employed | 42.7 | 44.9 | ||
| Drinking habits (%) | Non-drinker | 65.5 | 68.2 | 0.92 |
| <45.6 g of alcohol/day | 31.0 | 27.1 | ||
| ≥45.6 g of alcohol/day | 3.5 | 4.7 | ||
| Smoking habits (%) | Non-smoker | 79.3 | 79.6 | 0.85 |
| Smoker | 20.7 | 20.4 | ||
| Walking time/day (%) | <30 min | 36.0 | 38.2 | 0.73 |
| 30 min–1 hour | 38.2 | 32.6 | ||
| ≥1 hour | 25.8 | 29.2 | ||
| Complications (%) | presence | 24.7 | 21.3 | 0.72 |
| Subjective economic status (%) | Fair | 23.6 | 24.7 | 0.86 |
| Poor to poorest | 76.4 | 75.3 | ||
| Families live together (%) | 1 | 12.4 | 14.6 | 0.89 |
| 2 | 48.3 | 43.8 | ||
| 3–4 | 33.7 | 37.1 | ||
| ≥5 | 5.6 | 4.5 | ||
| Psychological distress (%) | K6 score:<10 | 77.0 | 81.8 | 0.62 |
| K6 score:≥10 | 23.0 | 18.2 | ||
*Baseline: 4 years after the GEJE. The study participants had lived prefabricated temporary housing up to 4 years after the GEJE.
†Follow-up: 5 and 6 years after the GEJE.
BMI, body mass index; GEJE, Great East Japan Earthquake.