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Table 1 Comparison of baseline characteristics between subjects in non-received LTC and those received LTC groups during follow-up (n = 1,098)

From: Association between physical function and long-term care in community-dwelling older and oldest people: the SONIC study

Characteristics

Total

N (%)

Non-received LTC (n = 991; 90.3%)

Received LTC (n = 107; 9.7%)

P value

Grip strengtha

 Normal

687 (62.6)

637 (64.3)

50 (46.7)

< .001d

  Male

389 (56.6)

367 (57.6)

22 (44.0)

.075d

  Female

298 (43.4)

270 (42.4)

28 (56.0)

 Weak

411 (37.4)

354 (35.7)

57 (53.3)

 

  Male

152 (37.0)

135 (38.1)

17 (29.8)

.241d

  Female

259 (63.0)

219 (61.9)

40 (70.2)

Walking speedb

 Normal

440 (40.1)

414 (41.8)

26 (24.3)

< .001d

 Slow

658 (59.9)

577 (58.2)

81 (75.7)

MoCA-J score (Mean ± SD)

23.00 ± 3.44

23.17 ± 3.35

21.44 ± 3.84

< .001

Age

 70 y/o

523 (47.6)

508 (51.3)

15 (14.0)

< .001c

 80 y/o

531 (48.4)

452 (45.6)

79 (73.8)

 90 y/o

44 (4.0)

31 (3.1)

13 (12.1)

Sex

 Male

541 (49.3)

502 (50.7)

39 (36.4)

.006d

 Female

557 (50.7)

489 (49.3)

68 (63.6)

HT

 No

299 (27.2)

278 (28.1)

21 (19.6)

.068d

 Yes

799 (72.8)

713 (71.9)

86 (80.4)

DM

 No

931 (84.8)

843 (85.1)

88 (82.2)

.440c

 Yes

167 (15.2)

148 (14.9)

19 (17.8)

Stroke

 No

1043 (95.0)

943 (95.2)

100 (93.5)

.444c

 Yes

55 (5.0)

48 (4.8)

7 (6.5)

Joint diseases

 No

824 (75.0)

756 (76.3)

68 (63.6)

.006d

 Yes

274 (25.0)

235 (23.7)

39 (36.4)

Living alone

 No

909 (82.8)

832 (84.0)

77 (72.0)

.002c

 Yes

189 (17.2)

159 (16.0)

30 (28.0)

BMI (Mean ± SD)

22.73 ± 2.89

22.75 ± 2.88

22.50 ± 3.00

.386

Serum albumin (Mean ± SD)

4.37 ± 0.27

4.38 ± 0.27

4.30 ± 0.27

.005

  1. Independent t test for continuous variable
  2. BMI body mass index, DM diabetes mellitus, HT hypertension, LTC long-term care, MoCA-J The Japanese version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, SD standard deviation, y/o years old
  3. aWeakness was defined as a maximum grip strength < 26 kg in males and < 18 kg in females
  4. bSlowness was defined as a gait speed < 1.0 m/s.
  5. cP values from Pearson’s chi-square test
  6. dP values from Fisher’s exact test