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Table 2 Basic characteristics and univariate analysis of the participants by cognitive impairment

From: The influence of healthy eating index on cognitive function in older adults: chain mediation by psychological balance and depressive symptoms

Variables

Assignments

N (%)

χ2 /t

P

Total

(N = 2,552)

Cognitive impairment

No

(N = 2511)

Yes

(N = 41)

Gender

    

7.477

0.006

 Male

Male = 0

1468(57.5%)

1453

15

  

 Female

Female = 1

1084(42.5%)

1058

26

  

Marital status

    

15.100

< 0.001

 Married

Married = 0

1491(58.9%)

1479

12

  

 Others

Others = 1

1041(41.1%)

1012

29

  

Self-reported health

    

10.294

0.001

 Good

Good = 0

2266(88.8%)

2236

30

  

 poor

poor = 1

285(11.2%)

274

11

  

Sleep time(h)/day

    

1.998

0.157

 < 8

< 8 = 0

1332(52.4%)

1315

17

  

 ≥ 8

≥ 8 = 1

1210(47.6%)

1186

24

  

Smoking

    

0.934

0.627

 No

No = 0

533(20.88%)

523

10

  

 yes

yes = 1

1898(79.12%)

1867

31

  

Drinking

    

7.573

0.023

 No

No = 0

397(15.25%)

389

8

  

 yes

yes = 1

2155(84.75%)

2122

33

  

Hearing loss

    

13.878

< 0.001

 No

No = 0

567(22.21%)

548

19

  

 yes

yes = 1

1974(77.79%)

1952

22

  

Exercises

    

6.352

0.012

 No

No = 0

1694(67.0%)

828

6

  

 yes

yes = 1

834(33.0%)

1659

35

  

Economic status

    

1.533

0.216

 rich

rich = 0

2260(88.9%)

2226

34

  

 poor

poor = 1

281(11.1%)

274

7

  

Number of chronic diseases

    

1.474

0.225

 < 2

< 2 = 0

2250(80.3%)

2014

36

  

 ≥ 2

≥ 2 = 1

502(19.7%)

497

5

  

BMI

    

13.692

0.001

 < 18.5

< 18.5 = 0

319(12.7%)

306

13

  

 18.5 ∼ 24.9

18.5 ∼ 24.9 = 1

1527(60.6%)

1508

19

  

 ≥ 25

≥ 25 = 2

673(26.7%)

664

9