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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants

From: Association between handgrip strength and cognition in a Chinese population with Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment

Variable

All participants (n = 1431)

Male (n = 698)

Female (n = 733)

P Value

Age (years)

69.9 ± 9.8

70.1 ± 10.0

69.8 ± 9.6

0.180

Education (years)

10.6 ± 4.6

11.7 ± 4.3

9.6 ± 4.6

< 0.001

Height(cm)

161.5 ± 13.7

168.4 ± 8.3

155.9 ± 14.6

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

22.9 ± 3.3

23.2 ± 3.2

22.6 ± 3.3

0.034

Handgrip strength (kg)

24.5 ± 8.8

31.0 ± 8.6

20.4 ± 5.9

< 0.001

AD (n,%)

596 (41.2 %)

293 (42.7 %)

303 (41.0 %)

0.287

MCI (n,%)

288 (20.2 %)

145 (20.8 %)

143 (19.5 %)

0.401

MMSE

22.5 ± 7.1

22.7 ± 6.8

22.4 ± 7.3

0.884

MoCA-BC

18.7 ± 7.9

18.6 ± 8.0

18.9 ± 7.9

0.919

ACE-III-CV

62.1 ± 22.0

62.0 ± 22.4

62.3 ± 21.1

0.232

ADL

24.5 ± 9.2

23.9 ± 8.6

25.4 ± 10.2

<0.001

FAQ

5.1 ± 7.7

4.7 ± 7.4

5.8 ± 8.1

0.004

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or numbers (percentages)
  2. ADL Activities of Daily Living, AD Alzheimer’s disease, ACE-III-CV Chinese version of Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination III, BMI body mass index, FAQ Functional Activities Questionnaire, MCI mild cognitive impairment, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, MoCA-BC Montreal Cognitive Assessment-Basic