Multimorbidity patterns and the association with health status of the oldest-old in long-term care facilities in China: a two-step analysis

Table 3 Comparison of health status between clusters

Age group	Cluster	MMSE		BBS		SPCS		BI		SPS
Age group	Cluster	M ± SD	F/p-value	M ± SD	F/p-value	M ± SD	F/p-value	M ± SD	F/p-value	M ± SD	F/p-value
Younger-old (n = 163)	CD-ND	21.30 ± 9.71	2.414/0.069	30.42 ± 19.49	0.958/0.414	2.36 ± 2.30	2.503/0.061	63.77 ± 30.09	2.866/0.038	7.81 ± 6.67	5.135/0.002
	MED-ND-CD	20.49 ± 9.44		26.10 ± 20.63		2.56 ± 2.64		61.41 ± 31.87		8.90 ± 6.03
	OD-CD-MED-ND	25.43 ± 5.96^ab		31.46 ± 18.55		1.32 ± 1.49^ab		73.38 ± 23.66		4.14 ± 4.05^ab
	CD-MED1	22.35 ± 8.48		33.32 ± 17.12		2.32 ± 1.95		77.06 ± 20.82^ab		6.15 ± 5.19^b
Oldest-old (n = 138)	CD-RD-DSD-UD	22.73 ± 7.26	1.919/0.130	30.79 ± 17.28	3.884/0.011	2.18 ± 1.98	3.040/0.031	72.73 ± 24.43	6.554/ < 0.001	5.30 ± 4.71	5.903/0.001
	ND-CD-MED	19.48 ± 10.73		22.88 ± 19.06		3.36 ± 2.48^a		51.67 ± 32.32^a		9.76 ± 6.32^a
	OD-CD-MED	23.61 ± 7.30^b		23.93 ± 18.72		2.04 ± 1.97^b		65.89 ± 24.84^b		5.86 ± 4.45^b
	CD-MED2	23.09 ± 6.50		35.03 ± 14.26^bc		2.31 ± 1.91^b		75.71 ± 19.41^b		6.09 ± 4.74^b

Abbreviations: M Mean, SD Standard deviation, MMSE Mini-mental state examination, BBS Berg balance Scale, SPCS Sensory perception and communication Scale, BI Barthel index, SPS Social participation Scale, CD Cardiovascular disease, ND Neurological disease, MED Metabolic and Endocrine disease, OD Orthopedic disease, RD Respiratory disease, DSD Digestive system disease, UD Urogenital disease
^a Significantly (p < 0.05) different from the cluster 1, ^b Significantly (p < 0.05) different from the cluster 2, ^c Significantly (p < 0.05) different from the cluster 3

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