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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics of NH residents with advanced cognitive impairment at the incident assessment

From: Advanced cognitive impairment among older nursing home residents

 

AD (N = 12,093)

ADRD (N = 22,400)

Difference

Mean (%)

(95% CI)

Mean (%)

(95% CI)

p-value

Socio-demographics

 Age: 65-74

10.51

(9.96, 11.06)

11.60

(11.18, 12.02)

-0.01**

 Age: 75-84

38.34

(37.47, 39.2)

33.36

(32.74, 33.98)

0.05**

 Age: 85-94

45.55

(44.66, 46.43)

46.38

(45.72, 47.03)

-0.01

 Age: 95+

5.61

(5.2, 6.02)

8.66

(8.29, 9.03)

-0.03**

 Married

36.01

(35.14, 36.87)

30.77

(30.16, 31.38)

0.05**

 Caucasian

81.55

(80.86, 82.24)

77.42

(76.88, 77.97)

0.04**

 Am. Ind. or Alaskan

0.20

(0.12, 0.28)

0.29

(0.22, 0.36)

-0.00

 Asian

1.27

(1.07, 1.47)

2.16

(1.97, 2.35)

-0.01**

 African American

9.76

(9.23, 10.29)

12.65

(12.21, 13.08)

-0.03**

 Hispanic

5.56

(5.15, 5.97)

5.27

(4.97, 5.56)

0.00

 Native Haw./Pac.Isl.

0.21

(0.13, 0.29)

0.39

(0.31, 0.47)

-0.00**

Comorbidities

 Type 2 Diabetes

24.28

(23.52, 25.05)

28.88

(28.29, 29.48)

-0.05**

 Stroke

12.48

(11.89, 13.07)

21.57

(21.03, 22.11)

-0.09**

 Hypertension

71.12

(70.32, 71.93)

74.83

(74.26, 75.4)

-0.04**

 Depression

45.64

(44.75, 46.53)

41.52

(40.88, 42.17)

0.04**

 Heart Failure

15.16

(14.52, 15.8)

19.44

(18.92, 19.96)

-0.04**

 COPD

13.69

(13.07, 14.3)

16.80

(16.31, 17.29)

-0.03**

Functional Status (ADL 3+)

Difficulties with…

  Walking

82.22

(81.54, 82.9)

88.32

(87.9, 88.74)

-0.06**

  Eating

63.76

(62.91, 64.62)

66.35

(65.73, 66.97)

-0.03**

  Bed mobility

86.58

(85.98, 87.19)

90.67

(90.29, 91.05)

-0.04**

  Transfer

87.06

(86.46, 87.65)

91.67

(91.30, 92.03)

-0.05**

  Locomotion

79.67

(78.96, 80.39)

86.34

(85.89, 86.79)

-0.07**

  Dressing

94.07

(93.65, 94.49)

95.20

(94.92, 95.48)

-0.01**

  Toilet

94.07

(93.65, 94.49)

95.65

(95.38, 95.91)

-0.02**

  Hygiene

93.48

(93.04, 93.92)

94.48

(94.18, 94.78)

-0.01**

Other Conditions

  Bowel incontinence

87.68

(87.09, 88.27)

88.85

(88.43, 89.26)

-0.01**

  Urinary incontinence

95.12

(94.71, 95.52)

95.22

(94.92, 95.53)

-0.00

  Shortness of breath

8.16

(7.67, 8.65)

11.83

(11.4, 12.25)

-0.04**

  Pneumonia

7.03

(6.57, 7.49)

9.00

(8.62, 9.37)

-0.02**

  Urinary tract infect.

17.05

(16.38, 17.72)

19.45

(18.93, 19.97)

-0.02**

  Hip fracture

6.29

(5.86, 6.73)

5.93

(5.62, 6.24)

0.00

  Weight loss

17.38

(16.71, 18.06)

18.39

(17.89, 18.9)

-0.01*

  1. Note: Mean and standard deviation reported for a list of covariates at the time of the incident advanced cognitive impairment assessment. *, and **, describe statistically significant difference between means at a p-value smaller or equal to 0.05 and 0.01, respectively, computed by conducting a two-sided equality of means t-test between advanced AD and ADRD groups
  2. Abbreviations: AD Alzheimer’s disease, ADRD related dementias, ADL activities of daily living, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, NH nursing home