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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the total sample and the sample by the different trajectory groupsa

From: Body mass index and trajectories of the cognition among Chinese middle and old-aged adults

  

TRAJECTORY GROUP

 

CHARACTERISTIC

TOTAL SAMPLE

(n = 5693)

RAPID DECLINE

(n = 361)

SLOW DECLINE

(n = 2101)

STABLE

(3231)

Pb

BMI

Underweight (< 18.5)

Normal (18.5–23.9)

Overweight (24–27.9)

Obesity (> = 28)

Age

211(3.71)

2540(44.62)

1596(27.93)

1352(23.75)

28(7.76)

171(47.37)

83(22.99)

79(21.88)

105(5.00)

1021(48.60)

564(26.84)

411(19.56)

78(2.41)

1348(41.72)

943(29.19)

862(26.68)

 < 0.001

mean(SD)c

57.07(8.16)

60.91(9.76)

58.29(8.11)

55.85(7.73)

 < 0.001

45–54

2340(41.10)

96(26.59)

729(34.70)

1515(46.89)

 < 0.001

55–64

2303(40.45)

148(41.00)

890(42.36)

1265(39.15)

 

65–74

901(15.83)

77(21.33)

420(19.99)

404(12.50)

 

75–84

149(2.62)

40(11.08)

62(2.95)

47(1.45)

 

Male

3042(53.44)

145(40.28)

1075(51.17)

1822(56.39)

 < 0.001

Married

5243(92.10)

308(85.32)

1918(91.29)

3017(93.38)

 < 0.001

Years of schooling

    

 < 0.001

 0

612(10.75)

143(39.61)

371(17.66)

98(3.03)

 

 1–6

2465(43.30)

151(41.83)

1163(55.35)

1151(35.62)

 

  >  = 7

2616(45.95)

67(18.56)

567(26.99)

1982(61.34)

 

Medical insurance

5410(95.0)

337(93.35)

1996(95.00)

3077(95.23)

0.295

Social activities

2317(40.70)

145(40.17)

720(34.27)

1452(44.92)

< 0.001

Chronic diseases

    

0.052

 none

1967(34.55)

123(34.07)

676(32.18)

1168(36.15)

 

 1–3

3317(58.26)

215(59.56)

1266(60.26)

1836(56.82)

 

  > 3

409(7.18)

23(6.03)

159(7.57)

227(7.03)

 

Physical activities

2519(44.25)

161(44.60)

880(41.88)

1478(45.74)

0.021

Sleeping time, mean(SD)c

6.50(1.65)

6.14(1.90)

6.39(1.76)

6.61(1.53)

< 0.001

MMSE score, mean(SD)c

13.63(2.18)

12.29(2.01)

12.20(1.63)

14.71(1.88)

< 0.001

  1. aData are presented as counts (percentage) unless otherwise indicated
  2. bP value determined using χ2 test or analysis of variance F-test
  3. cFor continuous variables, mean (SD) for each trajectory group and significance from analysis of variance F-test are reported