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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with or without cognitive impairment

From: Preoperative assessment of cognitive function and risk assessment of cognitive impairment in elderly patients with orthopedics: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Cognitive normal (n = 267)

Cognitive impairment

(n = 107)

Statistical values

P

MMSE, median (IQR)

25 (23–27)

16 (13–19)

  

Age (yr), median (IQR)

70 (67–74)

73 (68–79)

3.930a

< 0.001

Female, n(%)

128 (47.9)

73 (62.8)

12.643b

< 0.001

BMI (kg m−2, mean ± SD)

23.46 ± 3.48

23.00 ± 3.52

1.154c

0.249

Widowed or Divorced, n (%)

24 (9.0)

15 (14.0)

2.069b

0.150

Level of education

  

30.505b

< 0.001

Illiteracy, n (%)

46 (17.2)

43 (40.2)

  

Primary school, n (%)

125 (46.8)

50 (46.7)

  

Middle school or above, n (%)

96 (36.0)

14 (13.1)

  

Comorbidities

Hypertension, n (%)

162 (60.7)

62 (57.9)

0.237b

0.626

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

49 (18.4)

28 (26.2)

2.854b

0.091

Hyperlipidemia, n (%)

74(27.7)

22 (20.6)

2.049b

0.152

CHD, n (%)

19 (7.1)

8 (7.5)

0.015b

0.903

CNS disease, n (%)

32 (12.0)

12 (11.2)

0.044b

0.835

Atherosclerosis, n (%)

49 (18.4)

30 (28.0)

4.301b

0.038

ASA III, n (%)

46 (17.2)

33 (30.8)

8.496b

0.004

CCI, median (IQR)

4 (3–5)

4 (4–5)

1.978a

0.048

Lesions

  

0.889b

0.641

Spinal, n (%)

142 (53.2)

57 (53.3)

  

Hip, knee or tibia, n (%)

82 (30.7)

29 (27.1)

  

Other parts, n (%)

43 (16.1)

21 (19.6)

  
  1. MMSE Mini-mental: state examination, BMI Body mass index, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, CCI Charlson comorbidity index, SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range
  2. aZ values; bχ2 values; ct values