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Table 2 Characteristics of the study population by cognition status and sex

From: Correlation between fat-to-muscle mass ratio and cognitive impairment in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Men(n = 356)

Women(n = 412)

NC (n = 183)

CI (n = 173)

p

NC (n = 180)

CI (n = 232)

p

Age (years)

66.3 ± 5.1

67.1 ± 5.5

0.195

66.3 ± 4.6

67.6 ± 5.2

0.007*

Education(years)

11.2 ± 2.9

10.4 ± 2.5

0.007*

10.5 ± 2.5

9.4 ± 3.2

< 0.001*

Smoking

119 (65.0%)

131 (75.7%)

0.027*

12 (6.7%)

36 (15.5%)

0.005*

Drinking

109 (59.6%)

108 (62.4%)

0.580

4 (2.2%)

8 (3.4%)

0.463

Married

176 (96.2%)

154 (89.0%)

0.009*

155 (86.1%)

176 (75.9%)

0.009*

SBP (mmHg)

135.3 ± 13.7

134.4 ± 14.1

0.532

135.3 ± 12.3

133.8 ± 12.5

0.193

DBP (mmHg)

79.1 ± 8.3

80.1 ± 8.4

0.270

79.2 ± 8.2

78.6 ± 9.6

0.548

Regular exercise

135 (73.8%)

124 (71.7%)

0.657

133 (73.9%)

159 (68.5%)

0.235

Dietary control of diabetes

134 (73.2%)

113 (65.3%)

0.106

135 (75.0%)

151 (65.1%)

0.030*

Hypoglycemia

43 (23.5%)

41 (23.7%)

0.964

49 (27.2%)

70 (30.2%)

0.512

Diabetic nephropathy

80 (43.7%)

80 (46.2%)

0.632

51 (28.3%)

91 (39.2%)

0.021*

Cerebrovascular disease

57 (31.1%)

74 (42.8%)

0.023*

42 (23.3%)

96 (41.4%)

< 0.001*

Cardiovascular disease

74 (40.4%)

74 (42.8%)

0.655

80 (44.4%)

103 (44.4%)

0.992

Insulin therapy

84 (45.9%)

85 (49.1%)

0.542

74 (41.1%)

94 (40.5%)

0.903

Metformin

89 (48.6%)

66 (38.2%)

0.046*

72 (40.0%)

112 (48.3%)

0.094

TC (mmol/l)

4.6 ± 1.1

4.6 ± 1.2

0.373

5.0 ± 1.1

5.0 ± 1.1

0.641

TG (mmol/l)

1.5 (1.1, 1.9)

1.3 (1.0, 1.8)

0.605

1.5 (1.1, 2.2)

1.5 (1.2, 2.1)

0.393

FBG (mmol/l)

8.0 (6.4, 10.1)

7.9 (6.4, 9.4)

0.750

7.5 (6.2, 9.4)

7.5 (6.2, 9.3)

0.883

HbA1c (%)

8.2 (7.1, 10.1)

8.3 (7.2, 10.1)

0.757

7.8 (7.0, 9.5)

8.4 (7.2,10.1)

0.187

Height(cm)

171.88 ± 5.29

171.51 ± 5.60

0.517

159.49 ± 5.07

158.98 ± 5.61

0.337

Weight(kg)

75.93 ± 9.80

76.13 ± 11.77

0.864

67.90 ± 11.19

65.47 ± 9.45

0.020*

FM (kg)

20.27 ± 6.00

21.86 ± 7.27

0.026*

24.98 ± 7.69

23.78 ± 6.43

0.093

SMM (kg)

30.66 ± 3.59

29.80 ± 3.83

0.028*

23.02 ± 2.92

22.26 ± 3.05

0.011*

BMI (kg/m2)

25.67 ± 2.89

25.82 ± 2.32

0.645

26.64 ± 2.82

25.88 ± 3.28

0.031*

FMI (kg/m2)

6.86 ± 2.03

7.42 ± 2.37

0.018*

9.80 ± 2.89

9.42 ± 2.56

0.157

SMI (kg/m2)

10.36 ± 0.93

10.10 ± 0.93

0.009*

9.03 ± 0.85

8.78 ± 0.89

0.005*

FMR

0.66 ± 0.19

0.73 ± 0.22

0.001*

1.08 ± 0.28

1.07 ± 0.29

0.895

MoCA

27, (26, 28)

23, (22, 24)

< 0.001*

27, (26, 28)

23, (22, 24)

< 0.001*

  1. Data are presented as means ± standard deviations or medians (interquartile ranges) for continuous data and numbers (%) for categorical data. *p < 0.05. Abbreviations: NC: normal cognitive; CI: cognitive impairment; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c; FM: fat mass; SMM: skeletal muscle mass; BMI: body mass index; FMI: fat mass index; SMMI: skeletal muscle mass index; FMR: fat to muscle mass ratio; MoCA: Montreal cognitive assessment