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Table 1 Characteristics of 137 Participants Aged≥60 Years and Stratified by MBI Status and Frailty Status

From: Mild behavioral impairment is related to frailty in non-dementia older adults: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Full Sample (n = 137)

MBI Status

Frailty Status

MBI–(n = 112)

MBI+ (n = 25)

P-value

No-frailty (n = 95)

Frailty (n = 42)

P-value

Age, mean (SD)

69.6 (7.6)

69.0 (7.5)

72.2 (7.7)

.05

67.9(6.9)

73.2 (8.1)

<.001

Female

94 (68.6)

86(76.8)

18 (72.0)

.61

58 (61.1)

36 (85.7)

.07

Education

   

.34

  

.01

Primary or lower

21 (15.3)

15 (13.4)

6 (24.0)

10 (10.5)

11 (26.2)

Completed high school

75 (54.7)

64 (57.1)

11 (44.0)

50 (52.6)

25 (59.5)

At least some college

41 (29.9)

33 (29.5)

8 (32.0)

35 (36.8)

6 (14.3)

Comorbid conditions > 2

43 (31.4)

37 (33.0)

13 (52.0)

.08

27 (28.4)

23 (54.8)

.01

Polypharmacy

27 (19.7)

22 (19.6)

5 (20.0)

.97

9 (9.5)

18 (42.9)

<.001

BMI, mean (SD)

22.5 (3.3)

22.5 (3.2)

22.7 (3.9)

.75

22.8 (2.8)

21.9 (4.1)

.14

Depression (PHQ-9 ≥ 10)

31 (22.7)

26 (23.2)

5 (20.0)

.73

16 (16.8)

15(35.7)

.02

Anxiety (GAD-7 ≥ 10)

14 (10.2)

12 (10.7)

2 (8.0)

.69

8 (8.4)

6 (14.3)

.30

MMSE, mean (SD)

27.6 (2.4)

27.8 (2.3)

26.8 (2.9)

.049

28.0 (1.8)

26.7 (3.4)

.01

MoCA, mean (SD)

25.8 (2.5)

26.1 (2.2)

24.7 (3.2)

.009

26.1 (2.2)

25.2 (2.9)

.04

  1. Notes: SD Standard deviation, MBI Mild behavioral impairment, MBI-C Mild Behavioral Impairment Checklist, BMI Body mass index; Results presented as n (%) unless otherwise noted. Chi-square tests were used for categorical variables, whereas t-tests were used for continuous variables