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Table 1 Demographic, olfactory identification scores, lifestyles and medical history of the study participants

From: Association between olfactory identification and cognitive function in community-dwelling elderly: the Shanghai aging study

 

All

N = 1782

Cognitive Normal

N = 1437

MCI

N = 345

P value

Gender, male, n (%)

818(45.9)

659(45.9)

159(46.1)

0.939

Age, years, mean(SD)

70.1(7.1)

69.4(6.8)

73.0(7.8)

<0.0001

Education, years, mean(SD)

12.3(3.9)

12.8(3.5)

10.4(4.9)

<0.0001

MMSE, scores, mean(SD)

28.4(1.8)

28.7(1.5)

27.0(2.5)

<0.0001

OI, scores, mean(SD)

8.0(2.1)

8.2(2.0)

7.1(2.3)

<0.0001

Living alone, n (%)

145(8.2)

107(7.5)

38(11.1)

0.035

Cigarette smoking, n (%)

185(10.4)

141(9.9)

44(12.8)

0.117

Alcohol drinking, n (%)

142(8.0)

114(8.0)

28(8.2)

0.915

Heart disease, n (%)

194(10.9)

150(10.5)

44(12.8)

0.223

Hypertension, n (%)

962(54.0)

759(52.8)

203(58.8)

0.043

Diabetes, n (%)

247(13.9)

180(12.5)

67(19.5)

0.001

Anxiety, n (%)

42(2.4)

34(2.4)

8(2.3)

0.969

Depression, n (%)

277(15.6)

207(14.4)

70(20.4)

0.008

APOE-ε4 allele positive, n (%)

308(18.3)

251(18.4)

57(17.9)

0.837

  1. P value is for the comparison between participants with cognitive normal vs. MCI
  2. Abbreviation: SD standard deviation, MCI mild cognitive impairment, MMSE Mini-Mental State examination, APOE Apolipoprotein, OI olfactory identification