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Table 1 General Characteristics of Cognitive Frailty and non-cognitive frailty

From: Unhealthy oral status contributes to the older patients with cognitive frailty: an analysis based on a 5-year database

Parameters

Cognitive frailty

(N = 425)

non-Cognitive frailty

(N = 491)

Z/χ2

P

Age, mean ± SD

78.75 ± 7.46

71.78 ± 6.96

Z = 14.54

< 0.001

Age, n (%)

  

χ2  = 107.92

< 0.001

 < 80

225 (52.9%)

415 (84.5%)

  

 ≥ 80

200 (47.1%)

76 (15.5%)

  

Gender, n (%)

  

χ2  = 0.00

0.998

 Female

245 (57.6%)

283 (57.6%)

  

 Male

180 (42.4%)

208 (42.4%)

  

Education level, n (%)

  

χ2  = 153.02

< 0.001

 Illiteracy

49 (11.5%)

2 (0.4%)

  

 Primary school

142 (33.4%)

52 (10.6%)

  

 Junior school

176 (41.4%)

272 (55.4%)

  

 University or above

58 (13.6%)

165 (33.6%)

  

Living arrangement

  

χ2  = 9.81

0.007

 With spouse or children

351 (82.6%)

432 (88%)

  

 Living alone

51 (12%)

50 (10.2%)

  

 Nursing home

23 (5.4%)

9 (1.8%)

  

Smoking status, n (%)

  

χ2  = 2.853

0.240

 Never smoked

316 (74.4%)

388 (79%)

  

 Previous smoker

67 (15.8%)

65 (13.2%)

  

 Current smoker

42 (9.9%)

38 (7.7%)

  

Drinking status, n (%)

  

χ2  = 2.46

0.292

 Never drank

364 (85.6%)

417 (84.9%)

  

 Previous drinker

32 (7.5%)

29 (5.9%)

  

 Current drinking

29 (6.8%)

45 (9.2%)

  

Hypertension, n (%)

  

χ2  = 0.00

0.993

 Yes

252 (59.3%)

291 (59.3%)

  

Coronary heart diseases, n (%)

  

χ2  = 0.24

0.624

 Yes

152 (35.8%)

168 (34.2%)

  

Diabetes, n (%)

  

χ2  = 6.96

0.008

 Yes

155 (36.5%)

139 (28.3%)

  

Osteoporosis, n (%)

  

χ2  = 2.47

0.116

 Yes

117 (27.5%)

113 (23%)

  

BMI (kg/m 2 ), n (%)

  

χ2  = 15.20

0.002

 < 18.5

42 (9.9%)

22 (4.5%)

  

 18.5–24.9

224 (52.7%)

289 (58.9%)

  

 25–29.9

130 (30.6%)

161 (32.8%)

  

 ≥ 30

29 (6.8%)

19 (3.9%)

  

PSQI, median (IQR)

11 (7, 16)

9.26 (5, 13)

Z = -4.914

< 0.001

Depression

  

χ2  = 57.22

< 0.001

 Yes

135 (31.8%)

56 (11.4%)

  

 No

290 (68.2%)

435 (88.6%)

  

Chronic body pain

  

χ2  = 2.46

0.117

 Yes

241 (56.7%)

253 (51.5%)

  

 No

184 (43.3%)

238 (48.5%)

  
  1. BMI Body mass index, PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index