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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: The effect of all-cause hospitalization on cognitive decline in older adults: a longitudinal study using databases of the National Health Insurance Service and the memory clinics of a self-run hospital

 

Nonhospitalized

(n = 134)

Hospitalized

(n = 1200)

P value

Age, years

73.0 ± 9.8

76.8 ± 8.5

< 0.001

Male, n (%)

42 (31.3)

360 (30.0)

0.824

Education, years

(n = 134:1185)

9.7 ± 5.3

8.6 ± 5.1

0.027

APOEε4, n (%)

  

0.080

 0

84 (62.7)

853 (71.1)

 

 1

46 (34.3)

304 (25.3)

 

 2

4 (3.0)

43 (3.6)

 

APOEε2, n (%)

  

0.538

 0

117 (87.3)

1071 (89.2)

 

 1

17 (12.7)

124 (10.3)

 

 2

0 (0.0)

5 (0.4)

 

Hypertension, n (%)

79 (59.0)

955 (79.6)

< 0.001

Diabetes, n (%)

26 (19.4)

405 (33.8)

0.001

Ischemic burden, n (%)

(n = 104:964)

  

0.017

 1

85 (81.7)

658 (68.3)

 

 2

14 (13.5)

239 (24.8)

 

 3

5 (4.8)

67 (7.0)

 

MMSE

(n = 133:1171)

23.4 ± 5.9

22.7 ± 5.5

0.175

CDR-SB

(n = 133:1172)

2.8 ± 3.3

3.1 ± 3.4

0.344

CDR

(n = 133:1172)

0.7 ± 0.5

0.7 ± 0.6

0.600

KIADL (n = 78:614)

0.6 ± 0.7

0.7 ± 0.7

0.305

  1. Abbreviations: APOE Apolipoprotein E, CDR Clinical dementia rating, CDR-SB Clinical dementia rating-sum of boxes, KIADL Korean-instrumental activities of daily living, MMSE Mini-mental state examination