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Table 1 Basic attributes (n = 238)

From: Effects of food neophobia and oral health on the nutritional status of community-dwelling older adults

Variable

Statistic values

Age, mean (SD)

 

76.33 (7.39)

Sex, frequency (%)

Male

67 (28.2)

 

Female

171 (71.8)

Family composition, frequency (%)

Living alone

89 (37.4)

 

Married couple only

90 (37.8)

 

Other living with family

59 (24.8)

Underlying condition, frequency (%)

None

47 (19.7)

 

Cardiovascular disease

100 (42.0)

 

Diabetes

24 (10.1)

 

Bone fracture

22 (9.2)

 

Gastrointestinal disease

23 (9.7)

 

Cerebrovascular disease

17 (7.1)

 

Pneumonia

16 (6.7)

 

Respiratory disease

14 (5.9)

 

Other

41 (17.2)

Food neophobia, mean (SD)

 

38.91 (11.78)

Oral-health–related QOL (OHIP14), mean (SD)

 

60.92 (8.52)

Frequency of protein intake

mean (SD)

Total

14.70 (2.7)

 

Fish

3.04 (0.77)

 

Meat

2.71 (0.75)

 

Eggs

2.82 (0.96)

 

Milk

2.82 (1.14)

 

Soybeans

3.29 (0.80)

Nutritional status (MNA®)

  

mean (SD)

 

25.32 (3.49)

frequency (%)

Well-nourished

173 (72.68)

 

At risk of malnutrition

64 (26.89)

 

Malnutrition

1 (0.004)

Oral function [oral diadochokinesis (ODK)]

  

mean (SD)

ODK_pa (/10 sec)

55.50 (9.61)

 

ODK_ta (/10 sec)

50.96 (9.87)

 

ODK_ka (/10 sec)

49.75 (10.55)

Number of teeth, mean (SD)

 

15.02 (10.87)

Dentures, frequency (%)

Yes

148 (62.2)

 

No

90 (37.8)