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Table 2 Kihon Checklist scores among physical checkup non-participants and participants among Japanese older men and women

From: Sociodemographic and physical predictors of non-participation in community based physical checkup among older neighbors: a case-control study from the Kyoto-Kameoka longitudinal study, Japan

 

Men

  

Women

  
 

Non-participation

Participation

 

Non-participation

Participation

 

Kihon Checklist

n (%)

n (%)

P-value a

n (%)

n (%)

P-value a

Total score

 <7

671 (44.5)

390 (55.2)

<0.001**

725 (38.9)

413 (54.6)

<0.001**

 ≥7

343 (22.7)

148 (21.0)

470 (25.2)

128 (16.9)

 Unknown b

495 (32.8)

169 (23.8)

671 (36.0)

216 (28.5)

IADL

 <3

1102 (73.0)

603 (85.4)

<0.001**

1406 (75.4)

694 (91.7)

<0.001**

 ≥3

311 (20.6)

79 (11.2)

313 (16.8)

31 (4.1)

 Unknown

96 (6.4)

24 (3.4)

147 (7.9)

32 (4.2)

Physical function/strength

 <3

1075 (71.2)

576 (81.6)

<0.001**

1075 (57.6)

539 (71.2)

<0.001**

 ≥3

262 (17.4)

74 (10.5)

561 (30.1)

139 (18.4)

 Unknown

172 (11.4)

56 (7.9)

230 (12.3)

79 (10.4)

Malnutrition

 <2

1225 (81.2)

619 (87.7)

<0.001**

1467 (78.6)

648 (85.6)

<0.001**

 2

36 (2.4)

11 (1.6)

41 (2.2)

14 (1.9)

 Unknown

248 (16.4)

76 (10.8)

358 (19.2)

95 (12.6)

Oral function

 <2

1048 (69.5)

530 (75.1)

0.010*

1312 (70.3)

576 (76.1)

0.003*

 ≥2

377 (25.0)

152 (21.5)

438 (23.5)

154 (20.3)

 Unknown

84 (5.6)

24 (3.4)

116 (6.2)

27 (3.6)

Socialization

 <1

960 (63.6)

479 (67.9)

0.075

996 (53.4)

512 (67.6)

<0.001**

 ≥1

487 (32.3)

208 (29.5)

793 (42.5)

225 (29.7)

 Unknown

62 (4.1)

19 (2.7)

77 (4.1)

20 (2.6)

Memory

 ≥1

780 (51.7)

434 (61.5)

<0.001**

672 (36.0)

220 (29.1)

<0.001**

 <1

642 (42.5)

251 (35.6)

1097 (58.8)

507 (67.0)

 Unknown

87 (5.8)

21 (3.0)

97 (5.2)

30 (4.0)

Mood

 <2

911 (60.4)

502 (71.0)

<0.001**

1008 (54.0)

500 (66.1)

<0.001**

 ≥2

399 (26.4)

148 (21.0)

563 (30.2)

179 (23.7)

 Unknown

199 (13.2)

56 (7.9)

295 (15.8)

78 (10.3)

  1. IADL instrumental activities of daily living
  2. *p-value <0.05, ** p-value <0.001
  3. aChi-square test was performed for categorical variables
  4. bAll unknown (missing) variables were included either merely missing or “no response” on purpose