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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study populations

From: Anemia is associated with incidence of dementia: a national health screening study in Korea involving 37,900 persons

  

Anemiaa

 

Totalb

No

Yes

p Value

All individuals, n (%)

37,900

32,872 (86.7)

5028 (13.3)

 

Sex, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 Male

18,565 (49.0)

16,583 (89.3)

1982 (10.7)

 

 Female

19,335 (51.0)

16,289 (84.2)

3046 (15.8)

 

Baseline KDSQ-P scorec, n (%)

   

0.930

 < 4

30,967 (81.7)

26,861 (86.7)

4106 (13.3)

 

 ≥ 4

6933 (18.3)

6011 (86.7)

922 (13.3)

 

Body mass index, kg/m2, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 < 18.5

831 (2.2)

609 (73.3)

222 (26.7)

 

 18.5–24.9

23,074 (60.9)

19,775 (85.7)

3299 (14.3)

 

 ≥ 25

12,995 (36.9)

12,488 (89.2)

1507 (10.8)

 

Smoking status, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 Never

26,722 (70.5)

22,864 (85.6)

3858 (14.4)

 

 Former

6310 (16.7)

5626 (89.2)

684 (10.8)

 

 Current

4868 (12.8)

4382 (90.0)

486 (10.0)

 

Household income status percentiles, n (%)

   

0.001

 ≤ 20 (low)

6972 (18.4)

5956 (85.4)

1016 (14.6)

 

 30–50

8491 (22.4)

7376 (86.9)

1115 (13.1)

 

 60–80

12,153 (32.1)

10,529 (86.6)

1624 (13.4)

 

 ≥ 90 (high)

10,284 (27.1)

9011 (87.6)

1273 (12.4)

 

Disability, n (%)

   

0.471

 No

37,839 (99.8)

32,821 (86.7)

5018 (13.3)

 

 Yes

61 (0.2)

51 (83.6)

10 (16.4)

 

Depressive symptoms, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 No

28,804 (76.0)

25,081 (87.1)

3723 (12.9)

 

 Yes

9096 (24.0)

7791 (85.7)

1305 (14.3)

 

Hypertension, n (%)

   

0.015

 No

22,017 (58.1)

19,017 (86.4)

3000 (13.6)

 

 Yes

15,883 (41.9)

13,855 (87.2)

2028 (12.8)

 

Diabetes, n (%)

   

0.002

 No

27,638 (72.9)

24,064 (87.1)

3574 (12.9)

 

 Yes

10,262 (27.1)

8808 (85.8)

1454 (14.2)

 

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

   

0.141

 No

29,195 (77.0)

25,281 (86.6)

3914 (13.4)

 

 Yes

8705 (23.0)

7591 (87.2)

1114 (12.8)

 

SBP, mmHg mean (SD)

128.8 (15.7)

129.1 (15.6)

126.9 (15.8)

< 0.001

FBG, mg/dl, mean (SD)

102.1 (25.1)

102.2 (24.9)

101.5 (26.5)

0.070

TC, mg/dl, mean (SD)

198.7 (38.1)

200.0 (37.7)

190.1 (39.2)

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: KDSQ-P Prescreening Korean Dementia Screening Questionnaire, SBP systolic blood pressure, FBG fasting blood glucose, TC total cholesterol
  2. aAccording to World Health Organization anemia criteria, anemia was defined as hemoglobin < 13 g/dl for men and < 12 g/dl for women
  3. bColumn percentage
  4. cKDSQ-P score ≥ 4 needs further evaluation for cognitive function