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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants

From: Mediating effect of social participation in the association between cognitive frailty and health-related quality of life among hospitalized older adults: a cross-sectional study in Xi’an, China

Variables

Total

(n = 467)

With cognitive frailty (n = 183)

Without cognitive frailty (n = 284)

P

Age (years, mean ± SD)

70.8 ± 7.7

72.9 ± 8.3

69.4 ± 7.0

< 0.001

Gender

   

0.054

 Male

225 (48.2)

78 (42.6)

147 (51.8)

 

 Female

242 (51.8)

105 (57.4)

137 (48.2)

 

Marital status

   

0.005

 Married

354 (75.8)

126 (68.8)

228 (80.3)

 

 Single/divorced/widowed

113 (24.2)

57 (31.2)

56 (19.7)

 

Educational attainment

   

< 0.001

 Primary school and below

80 (17.1)

48 (26.2)

32 (11.3)

 

 Junior high school

99 (21.2)

48 (26.2)

51 (18.0)

 

 Senior high school

146 (31.3)

47 (25.7)

99 (34.8)

 

 College and above

142 (30.4)

40 (21.9)

102 (35.9)

 

Per capita monthly household income (CNY)

   

0.047

 < 1500

41 (8.8)

24 (13.1)

17 (6.0)

 

 1500–3499

97 (20.8)

39 (21.3)

58 (20.4)

 

 3500–5999

181 (38.8)

69 (37.7)

112 (39.4)

 

 ≥ 6000

148 (31.7)

51 (27.9)

97 (34.2)

 

Smoking status

   

0.085

 Never

315 (67.5)

129 (70.5)

186 (65.5)

 

 Past

100 (21.4)

41 (22.4)

59 (20.8)

 

 Current

52 (11.1)

13 (7.1)

39 (13.7)

 

Alcohol consumption

   

0.834

 Never

326 (69.8)

129 (70.5)

197 (69.4)

 

 Past

69 (14.8)

28 (15.3)

41 (14.4)

 

 Current

72 (15.4)

26 (14.2)

46 (16.2)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

   

0.307

 < 18.5

26 (5.6)

11 (6.0)

15 (5.3)

 

 18.5–23.9

235 (50.3)

101 (55.2)

134 (47.4)

 

 24.0–27.9

166 (35.5)

59 (32.2)

107 (37.8)

 

 ≥ 28.0

39 (8.4)

12 (6.6)

27 (9.5)

 

Social participation

7.1 ± 4.0

5.9 ± 3.7

7.8 ± 4.1

< 0.001

HRQoL

64.0 ± 15.4

57.8 ± 15.5

68.1 ± 13.9

< 0.001

 PCS

60.6 ± 18.8

52.4 ± 19.0

66.0 ± 16.7

< 0.001

 MCS

67.4 ± 16.2

63.2 ± 16.5

70.2 ± 15.4

< 0.001

  1. Notes: SD = standard deviation, CNY = China Yuan, BMI = body mass index, HRQoL = health-related quality of life, PCS = physical component summary, MCS = mental component summary