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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants stratified by cognitive status at 5-year follow-up (normal cognition, MCI, and dementia)

From: Association of body mass index and dietary intake with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: a retrospective cohort study

Baseline characteristics

Total N = 607

Cognitive status at 5-year follow-up

Normal

MCI

p -value

Dementia

p -value

p -value

N = 444 (73.1%)

N = 129 (21.3%)

Normal VS. MCI

N = 34 (5.6%)

Normal VS. Dementia

 

Age, years

55.9 ± 4.4

55.4 ± 4.1

56.6 ± 4.8

0.026

58.6 ± 5.0

<0.001

<0.001

Age of ≥60 years

112 (18.5)

66 (14.9)

30 (23.3)

0.025

16 (47.1)

<0.001

<0.001

Sex, male

421 (69.4)

303 (68.2)

97 (75.2)

0.130

21 (61.8)

0.436

0.197

Body mass index, kg/m2

25.0 ± 3.9

24.8 ± 3.8

25.8 ± 3.9

0.023

24.7 ± 4.4

1.000

0.026

Body mass index, kg/m2

   

0.046

 

0.610

0.130

<18.5

15 (2.5)

10 (2.3)

3 (2.3)

 

2 (5.9)

  

18.5–22.9

171 (28.2)

136 (30.6)

25 (19.4)

 

10 (29.4)

  

23.0–24.9

142 (23.4)

106 (23.9)

29 (22.5)

 

7 (20.6)

  

≥25.0

279 (46.0)

192 (43.2)

72 (55.8)

 

15 (44.1)

  

Education level of <7 years

139 (22.9)

73 (16.4)

51 (39.5)

<0.001

15 (44.1)

<0.001

<0.001

Underlying diseases

  Dyslipidemia

330 (54.4)

248 (55.9)

64 (49.6)

0.229

18 (52.9)

0.742

0.449

  Hypertension

329 (54.2)

234 (52.7)

75 (58.1)

0.316

20 (58.8)

0.491

0.472

  Type 2 diabetes

86 (14.2)

55 (12.4)

26 (20.2)

0.026

5 (14.7)

0.694

0.083

  Ischemic heart disease

18 (3.0)

12 (2.7)

4 (3.1)

0.809

2 (5.9)

0.289

0.571

  Thyroid disorder

16 (2.6)

13 (2.9)

1 (0.8)

0.163

2 (5.9)

0.341

0.194

  Stroke

6 (1.0)

3 (0.7)

3 (2.3)

0.105

0 (0.0)

0.631

0.208

  Smoking

226 (37.2)

160 (36.0)

56 (43.4)

0.148

10 (29.4)

0.437

0.195

  Alcohol drinking

454 (74.8)

334 (75.2)

96 (74.4)

0.908

24 (70.6)

0.548

0.830

  1. MCI mild cognitive impairment
  2. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or n (%).
  3. Boldface p-values are statistically significant.