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Table 2 Association of cognitive impairment with demographic characteristics and risk factors by sex in univariate analysis

From: Sex-related associations between body height and cognitive impairment among low-income elderly adults in rural China: a population-based cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Male

Female

Non-CI

CI

P

Non-CI

CI

P

Age, means (SD)

66.89 (5.71)

70.92 (7.31)

 < 0.001

66.04 (5.36)

69.71 (7.41)

 < 0.001

Age group, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

  

 < 0.001

 60–64 years

158 (83.2)

32 (16.8)

 

175 (70.3)

74 (29.7)

 

 65–69 years

107 (77.5)

31 (22.5)

 

105 (66.9)

52 (33.1)

 

 ≥ 70 years

102 (59.3)

70 (40.7)

 

75 (42.9)

100 (57.1)

 

Education, years, mean (SD)

5.64 (2.57)

4.55 (2.97)

 < 0.001

3.43 (2.99)

1.34 (2.36)

 < 0.001

Education, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

  

 < 0.001

 0–5 years

128 (63.1)

75 (36.9)

 

247 (54.8)

204 (45.2)

 

 6–8 years

180 (82.2)

39 (17.8)

 

84 (83.2)

17 (16.8)

 

 ≥ 9 years

59 (75.6)

19 (24.4)

 

24 (82.8)

65 (17.2)

 

Smoking, n (%)

  

0.121

  

0.672

 No

93 (68.4)

274 (31.6)

 

157 (60.2)

104 (39.8)

 

 Yes

274 (75.3)

90 (24.7)

 

198 (61.9)

122 (38.1)

 

Drinking, n (%)

  

0.922

  

0.536

 No

206 (73.6)

74 (26.4)

 

298 (60.6)

194 (39.4)

 

 Yes

161 (73.2)

59 (26.8)

 

57 (64.0)

32 (36.0)

 

Hypertension, n (%)

  

0.125

  

0.221

 No

84 (79.2)

22 (20.8)

 

76 (66.1)

39 (33.9)

 

 Yes

283 (71.8)

111 (28.2)

 

279 (59.9)

187 (40.1)

 

Diabetes, n (%)

  

0.081

  

0.325

 No

323 (74.0)

109 (26.0)

 

282 (60.1)

187 (39.9)

 

 Yes

44 (74.8)

24 (25.2)

 

73 (65.2)

39 (34.8)

 

Body height (dm), mean (SD)

16.51 (0.55)

16.31 (0.56)

 < 0.001

15.35 (0.56)

15.29 (0.55)

0.191

WC (cm), mean (SD)

89.14 (9.26)

87.04 (9.25)

0.025

89.96 (9.00)

89.61 (8.15)

0.379

SBP, mean (SD)

152.27 (22.40)

157.49 (24.47)

0.025

152.95 (22.13)

158.10 (24.71)

0.009

DBP, mean (SD)

87.14 (10.91)

86.80 (13.12)

0.790

85.38 (11.41)

85.73 (12.31)

0.729

FBG, mean (SD)

5.79 (1.15)

6.01 (1.26)

0.064

6.23 (2.05)

6.11 (1.74)

0.467

TC, mean (SD)

4.55 (0.97)

4.57 (0.92)

0.812

5.15 (1.06)

5.20 (1.06)

0.400

TG, mean (SD)

1.42 (0.83)

1.41 (0.85)

0.790

1.86 (1.45)

1.75 (0.97)

0.346

HDL, mean (SD)

1.41 (0.42)

1.44 (0.49)

0.535

1.51 (0.44)

1.56 (0.50)

0.184

LDL, mean (SD)

2.49 (0.82)

2.48 (0.73)

0.883

2.84 (0.91)

2.87 (0.90)

0.699

MMSE score, mean (SD)

24.32 (2.69)

16.71 (3.87)

 < 0.001

22.50 (3.20)

13.85 (3.27)

 < 0.001

  1. SD standard deviation; MMSE Mini-Mental state examination; CI cognitive impairment; WC waist circumstance; SBP systolic blood pressure; DBP diastolic blood pressure; FBG fasting blood glucose; TC total cholesterol; TG triglycerides; HDL high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL low-density lipoprotein cholesterol