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Table 2 Baseline attributes of the participants according to MCI status at 18 months [presented as the mean (sd) or n (%)]

From: Incidence and predictors of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) within a multi-ethnic Asian populace: a community-based longitudinal study

Parameters

N = 1227

p Value

MCI (n = 179)

Without MCI (n = 986)

Age, mean (sd):

69.2 (5.9)

68.1 (5.8)

0.026*

Sex

 Men

101 (17.6)

473 (82.4)

0.042*

 Women

78 (13.2)

513 (86.8)

 

Ethnic

 Malay

111 (14.5)

655 (85.5)

0.266

 Non-Malay

68 (17.0)

331 (83.0)

 

Education (years)

  ≤ 6 years

146 (16.9)

716 (83.1)

0.012*

  > 6 years

33 (10.9)

270 (89.1)

 

Smoking

 Smoker

58 (16.2)

299 (83.8)

0.597

 Non-smoker

121 (15.0)

687 (85.0)

 

Living alone

22 (18.0)

100 (82.0)

0.425

Body Mass Index

  < 22 kg/m2

35 (14.1)

214 (85.9)

0.817

 22–27 kg/m2

96 (15.8)

513 (84.2)

 

  > 27 kg/m2

47 (15.5)

257 (84.5)

 

% Body Fat, mean (sd)

39.6 (9.8)

39.1 (10.3)

0.580

Blood Pressure

 Diastolic (mmHg), mean (sd)

77.2 (13.0)

77.5 (13.5)

0.769

 Systolic (mmHg), mean (sd)

142.3 (24.2)

140.1 (22.3)

0.246

Calf Circumference (cm), mean (sd)

33.3 (3.5)

33.5 (3.9)

0.559

Waist Circumference (cm), mean (sd)

88.5 (10.8)

88.0 (11.5)

0.550

MUAC (cm), mean (sd)

28.6 (3.0)

28.6 (3.6)

0.881

TUG (seconds), mean (sd)

11.3 (2.7)

11.3 (3.7)

0.953

Grip Strength (kg), mean (sd)

22.4 (7.7)

22.5 (7.4)

0.880

GDS, mean (sd)

2.5 (2.3)

2.3 (2.0)

0.256

Health Conditions

 Diabetes

45 (15.5)

246 (84.5)

1.000

 Hypertension

91 (16.1)

473 (83.9)

0.516

 Heart Disease

22 (18.6)

96 (81.4)

0.284

 Lung Disease

2 (22.2)

7 (77.8)

0.635

 Stroke

3 (14.3)

18 (85.7)

1.000

Neurocognitive

 M-MMSE, mean (sd)

23.0 (4.2)

23.5 (4.7)

0.173

 Span Digit, mean (sd)

7.5 (2.4)

7.7 (2.4)

0.326

 RAVLT BL, mean (sd)

36.1 (8.4)

40.2 (10.3)

< 0.001*

 RAVLT DR, mean (sd)

37.3 (8.3)

41.1 (9.8)

< 0.001*

Lifestyle

 Physical activity, mean (sd)

9.4 (4.1)

10.0 (4.3)

0.068

 Social activity, mean (sd)

15.0 (5.1)

15.7 (5.6)

0.143

 Mental activity, mean (sd)

12.4 (4.2)

13.6 (4.7)

0.002*

  1. Using independent t-test and χ2-test
  2. *p < 0.05 (significant)