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Table 5 Comparison for the characteristics of those participating only once in 2nd wave and others

From: Role of gait speed and grip strength in predicting 10-year cognitive decline among community-dwelling older people

 

Maintain in 3rd wave n = 880 (80.3%)

Only participation in 2nd wave n = 216 (19.7%)

P value

Age (years)

68.8 ± 5.7

72.2 ± 5.5

< 0.001

Gender

  

0.049

 Male

461 (52.4%)

97 (44.9%)

 

 Female

419 (47.6%)

119 (55.1%)

 

Smoking status

  

0.712

 No smoking

735 (83.6%)

182 (84.7%)

 

 Smoking

144 (16.4%)

33 (15.3%)

 

Education

10.9 ± 2.6

10.3 ± 2.7

0.005

Marital status

 Single

174 (19.8%)

48 (22.2%)

.422

 Married

706 (80.2%)

168 (77.8%)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

22.8 ± 2.9

23.2 ± 3.6

0.110

TMIG-IC

4.9 ± 0.4

4.8 ± 0.6

0.211

Depressive symptoms

 

0.001

 Yes

79 (9.3%)

36 (17.6%)

 

 No

774 (90.7%)

169 (82.4%)

 

CCI

 MMSE

28.1 ± 1.6

27.7 ± 1.7

0.001

 DSST

43.7 ± 11.1

38.7 ± 10.7

< 0.001

  1. BMI body mass index, TMIG-IC Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, DSST Digit Symbol Substitution Test