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Table 2 Comparison of baseline characteristics

From: Factors associated with motoric cognitive risk syndrome among low-income older adults in Malaysia

Variables

MCR (n = 47)

NON-MCR (n = 1319)

p value

n (%) / Mean ± SD

n (%) / Mean ± SD

Age (years)a

72.74 ± 7.08

68.52 ± 5.88

<  0.001*

Genderb

 Male

12 (25.5)

660 (50.0)

0.001*

 Female

35 (74.5)

659 (50.0)

 

Education (years)a

3.26 ± 2.91

5.04 ± 3.81

< 0.001*

Marrital statusb

0.002

 Married

21 (44.7)

888 (67.3)

 

 Single/widow/widower/divorced

26 (55.3)

431 (32.7)

 

Smoking Habitb

 Smoker

7 (14.9)

239 (18.1)

0.235

 Non Smoker

40 (72.1)

1080 (81.9)

 

Alcohol Consumptionb

 Yes

0 (0)

58 (4.4)

0.260

 No

47 (3.6)

1261 (95.6)

 

Strata Statusb

0.011*

 Rural

34 (72.3)

699 (53.0)

 

 Urban

13 (27.7)

620 (47.0)

 

Obesityb

0.039

 Yes

11 (23.4)

160 (12.1)

 

 No

36 (76.6)

1159 (87.9)

 

GDSa

3.64 ± 2.88

3.03 ± 2.33

0.160

Chronic diseases b

Hypertension

 Yes

27 (57.4)

675 (51.6)

0.461

 No

20 (42.6)

633 (48.4)

 

Diabetes

 Yes

17 (36.2)

342 (26.1)

0.132

 No

30 (63.8)

966 (73.9)

 

Hypercholesterolemia

 Yes

20 (42.6)

530 (40.5)

0.765

 No

27 (57.4)

778 (59.5)

 

Arthritis

 Yes

12 (25.5)

331 (25.3)

1.000

 No

35 (74.5)

977 (74.7)

 

Stroke

 Yes

0 (0)

20 (1.5)

0.393

 No

47 (100)

1288 (98.5)

 

Cardiovascular disease

 Yes

8 (17.0)

116 (8.9)

0.068

 No

39 (83.0)

1192 (91.1)

 

Chronic obstructive lung disease

 Yes

1 (0.4)

4 (0.3)

0.816

 No

228 (99.6)

1183 (99.7)

 

Cancer

 Yes

2 (4.3)

10 (0.8)

0.063

 No

45 (95.7)

1287 (99.2)

 
  1. GDS Geriatric Depressive Scale
  2. aIndependent t-test
  3. bChi-squared test
  4. *Significant at p < 0.05