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Table 3 Gender-specific baseline characteristics of 2006 study sample

From: A claims data-based comparison of comorbidity in individuals with and without dementia

  

Male

 

Female

Characteristics

All

Case

Control

p-value***

All

Case

Control

p-value***

Number: N

10,741

2,325

8,416

 

27,012

6,814

20,198

 

Age: mean (SD)

77.7 (6.7)

78.2 (7.2)

77.5 (6.6)

<0.0001

81.0 (6.5)

82.8 (7.2)

80.4 (6.2)

0.0009

Environment: n (%)

   

<0.0001

   

<0.0001

Living in community setting

9,973 (92.8)

1,684 (72.4)

8,289 (98.5)

 

23,146 (85.7)

3,840 (56.4)

19,306 (95.6)

 

Living in nursing home

562 (5.2)

482 (20.7)

80 (1.0)

 

3,084 (11.4)

2,452 (36.0)

632 (3.1)

 

Change in environment

206 (1.9)

159 (6.8)

47 (0.6)

 

782 (2.9)

522 (7.7)

260 (1.3)

 

Care level*: n (%)

   

<0.0001

   

<0.0001

None

8,823 (82.1)

1,047 (45.0)

7,776 (92.4)

 

19,923 (73.8)

2,419 (35.5)

17,504 (86.7)

 

1

926 (8.6)

518 (22.3)

408 (4.8)

 

3,280 (12.1)

1,548 (22.7)

1,732 (8.6)

 

2

708 (6.6)

512 (22.0)

196 (2.3)

 

2,423 (9.0)

1,652 (24.2)

771 (3.8)

 

3

284 (2.6)

248 (10.7)

36 (0.4)

 

1,386 (5.1)

1,195 (17.5)

191 (0.9)

 

CI**: mean (SD)

3.7 (3.0)

4.3 (3.0)

3.5 (3.0)

<0.0001

3.0 (2.5)

3.4 (2.5)

2.8 (2.5)

<0.0001

  1. SD = Standard Deviation. *Care level corresponds to the care level on 30 June 2006.
  2. **The Charlson Index (CI) category ‘dementia’ is set at zero for all individuals.
  3. ***P-values derived from Chi2 test for distinct variables and from Kruskal–Wallis test for continuous variables.