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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population in wave 2011

From: Associations between reversible and potentially reversible cognitive frailty and falls in community-dwelling older adults in China: a longitudinal study

Variables

Healthy

SCD

MCI

Frailty

RCF

PRCF

P-value

Participants, n (%)

276 (8.6)

872 (27.3)

162 (5.1)

180 (5.6)

1311 (41.0)

399 (12.5)

 

Age, (years, \(\:\stackrel{-}{x}\pm\:s\))

65.5 ± 4.7

65.2 ± 4.5

65.2 ± 4.4

67.1 ± 4.8

66.1 ± 5.0

66.2 ± 5.0

< 0.001

Age group, n (%)

      

0.001

 60–75

255 (92.4)

814 (93.3)

150 (92.6)

155 (86.1)

1157 (88.3)

359 (90.0)

 

 ≥ 75

21 (7.6)

58 (6.7)

12 (7.4)

25 (13.9)

154 (11.7)

40 (10.0)

 

Sex, n (%)

      

< 0.001

 Male

167 (60.5)

474 (54.4)

56 (34.6)

105 (58.3)

645 (49.2)

113 (28.3)

 

 Female

109 (39.5)

398 (45.6)

106 (65.4)

75 (41.7)

666 (50.8)

286 (71.7)

 

Residential area, n (%)

      

< 0.001

 Rural

184 (66.7)

655 (75.1)

148 (91.4)

152 (84.4)

1121 (85.5)

379 (95.0)

 

 Urban

92 (33.3)

217 (24.9)

14 (8.6)

28 (15.6)

190 (14.5)

20 (5.0)

 

Educational level, n (%)

      

< 0.001

 Illiteracy

45 (16.3)

206 (23.6)

105 (64.8)

49 (27.2)

393 (30.0)

276 (69.2)

 

 Elementary school

133 (48.2)

458 (52.5)

51 (31.5)

88 (48.9)

703 (53.6)

119 (29.8)

 

 Middle school

87 (31.5)

193 (22.1)

6 (3.7)

41 (22.8)

205 (15.6)

4 (1.0)

 

 College or above

11 (4.0)

15 (1.7)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.6)

10 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

 

Marital status, n (%)

      

0.013

 Married

226 (81.9)

744 (85.3)

131 (80.9)

145 (80.6)

1051 (80.2)

309 (77.4)

 

 Others

50 (18.1)

128 (14.7)

31 (19.1)

35 (19.4)

260 (19.8)

90 (22.6)

 

Sleep duration, n (%)

      

< 0.001

 < 6 h

54 (19.6)

252 (28.9)

49 (30.2)

48 (26.7)

498 (38.0)

172 (43.1)

 

 6–9 h

194 (70.3)

557 (63.9)

95 (58.6)

109 (60.6)

714 (54.5)

186 (46.6)

 

 ≥ 9 h

27 (9.8)

57 (6.5)

15 (9.3)

22 (12.2)

90 (6.9)

36 (9.0)

 

Smoking behavior, n (%)

      

< 0.001

 No

187 (67.8)

576 (66.1)

115 (71.0)

111 (61.7)

895 (68.3)

317 (79.4)

 

 Yes

89 (32.2)

296 (33.9)

47 (29.0)

69 (38.3)

416 (31.7)

82 (20.6)

 

Alcohol consumption, n (%)

      

0.008

 Never drinkers

181 (65.6)

563 (64.6)

120 (74.1)

119 (66.1)

880 (67.1)

297 (74.4)

 

 Former drinkers

75 (27.2)

237 (27.2)

37 (22.8)

44 (24.4)

307 (23.4)

76 (19.0)

 

 Current drinkers

20 (7.2)

71 (8.1)

5 (3.1)

17 (9.4)

124 (9.5)

26 (6.5)

 

Depressive symptoms, n (%)

      

< 0.001

 No

260 (94.2)

773 (88.6)

135 (83.3)

139 (77.2)

686 (52.3)

160 (40.1)

 

 Yes

8 (2.9)

66 (7.6)

17 (10.5)

33 (18.3)

565 (43.1)

208 (52.1)

 

BMI, n (%)

      

< 0.001

 Underweight

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

29 (16.1)

182 (13.9)

62 (15.5)

 

 Normal

143 (51.8)

491 (56.3)

105 (64.8)

104 (57.8)

704 (53.7)

223 (55.9)

 

 Overweight

99 (35.9)

285 (32.7)

39 (24.1)

31 (17.2)

308 (23.5)

80 (20.1)

 

 Obesity

34 (12.3)

96 (11.0)

18 (11.1)

16 (8.9)

117 (8.9)

34 (8.5)

 

Number of comorbidities, n (%)

      

< 0.001

 0

93 (33.7)

256 (29.4)

43 (26.5)

75 (41.7)

325 (24.8)

75 (18.8)

 

 1

102 (37.0)

265 (30.4)

65 (40.1)

52 (28.9)

367 (28.0)

135 (33.8)

 

 ≥ 2

81 (29.3)

351 (40.3)

54 (33.3)

53 (29.4)

619 (47.2)

189 (47.4)

 

Falls*, n (%)

      

0.031

 No

245 (88.8)

718 (82.3)

132 (81.5)

154 (85.6)

1067 (81.4)

317 (79.4)

 

 Yes

31 (11.2)

154 (17.7)

30 (18.5)

26 (14.4)

244 (18.6)

82 (20.6)

 

Fall-induced injuries*, n (%)

      

0.053

 0

259 (93.8)

810 (92.9)

146 (90.1)

169 (93.9)

1193 (91.0)

357 (89.5)

 

 1

15 (5.4)

55 (6.3)

10 (6.2)

7 (3.9)

86 (6.6)

30 (7.5)

 

 ≥ 2

2 (0.7)

7 (0.8)

6 (3.7)

4 (2.2)

32 (2.4)

12 (3.0)

 
  1. *: Data from wave 2013