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Table 1 Characteristics of subjects in the NCG and CIG

From: Association between health-related quality of life and heart rate variability in elderly individuals with cognitive impairment in Korea: cross-sectional study

 

All study population Mean or N (95% CI or %) (n = 417)

NCG Mean or N (95% CI or %) (n = 142)

CIG Mean or N (95% CI or %) (n = 275)

p-value

Age (years)

74.21 (73.69 ~ 74.73)

72.96 (72.19 ~ 73.72)

74.85 (74.18 ~ 75.53)

0.005

Sex (Male, %)

231 (55.40%)

75 (52.82%)

156 (56.73%)

0.447

Education (years)

10.60 (10.17 ~ 11.03)

10.26 (9.53 ~ 11.00)

10.77 (10.24 ~ 11.30)

0.317

Monthly Income

    

 > 5 million (won)

43 (10.31%)

19 (13.38%)

24 (8.78%)

0.242

 < 4 million (won)

88 (21.10%)

34 (23.94%)

54 (19.64%)

 

 < 3 million (won)

89 (21.34%)

26 (18.31%)

63 (22.91%)

 

 < 2 million (won)

106 (25.42%)

30 (21.13%)

76 (27.64%)

 

 < 1 million (won)

91 (21.82%)

33 (23.24%)

58 (21.09%)

 

Marital status

    

 Married

343 (82.25%)

120 (84.51%)

223 (81.09%)

0.387

 Divorced / Seperaated

74 (17.75%)

22 (15.49%)

52 (18.91%)

 

Smoke status

    

 Current smoker

22 (5.28%)

5 (3.52%)

17 (6.18%)

0.47

 Ex-smoker

144 (34.53%)

48 (33.8%)

96 (34.91%)

 

 Never smoked

251 (60.19%)

89 (62.68%)

162 (58.91%)

 

Alcohol status

    

 Current drinker

139 (33.33%)

54 (38.03%)

85 (30.91%)

0.114

 Ex-drinker

113 (27.10%)

30 (21.13%)

83 (30.18%)

 

 Never drunk

165 (39.57%)

58 (40.85%)

107 (38.91%)

 

Body mass index (kg/m2)

24.85 (24.55 ~ 25.15)

24.99 (24.45 ~ 25.54)

24.78 (24.42 ~ 25.14)

0.578

Depression

    

 Yes

134 (32.13%)

37 (26.06%)

97 (35.27%)

0.056

 No

283 (67.87%)

105 (73.94%)

178 (64.73%)

 

Diabetes

    

 Yes

116 (27.82%)

53 (37.32%)

63 (22.91%)

0.002

 No

301 (72.18%)

89 (62.68%)

212 (77.09%)

 

Hypertesion

    

 Yes

280 (67.15%)

94 (66.2%)

186 (67.64%)

0.767

 No

137 (32.85%)

48 (33.8%)

89 (32.36%)