Table 1.
General characteristics considering impaired cognitive function according to the Modified Mini Mental Status Examination (MMMSE) among older Chilean adults (>65 years) who participated in the 2009–2010 National Health Survey
| MMMSE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Altered | ||||
| Characteristic | Mean | se | Mean | se | P |
| Age (years) | 72·71 | 0·38 | 77·05 | 1·08 | 0·00015 |
| SF (µg/l) | 21·36 | 0·61 | 19·98 | 1·35 | 0·354 |
| Vitamin B12 (pg/ml) | 341·19 | 7·9 | 386·11 | 20·52 | 0·041 |
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Males | 334 | 81·9 | 69 | 18·1 | 0·947 |
| Females | 528 | 82·2 | 111 | 17·8 | |
| EDUL | |||||
| Basic | 547 | 74·1 | 136 | 25·9 | <0·0001 |
| Medium | 245 | 92·5 | 22 | 7·5 | |
| Higher | 55 | 96·7 | 3 | 3·3 | |
| Area | |||||
| Urban | 716 | 85·5 | 143 | 14·5 | 0·0077 |
| Rural | 146 | 67·3 | 37 | 32·7 | |
| Diabetes | |||||
| No | 567 | 86·1 | 91 | 13·9 | 0·153 |
| Yes | 171 | 77·5 | 46 | 22·5 | |
| Hypertension | |||||
| No | 206 | 91·8 | 24 | 8·2 | 0·003 |
| Yes | 556 | 80·5 | 129 | 19·5 | |
SF, serum folate; EDUL, educational level.