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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Aging Res. 2010 Oct;36(4):394–425. doi: 10.1080/0361073X.2010.509010

Table 4.

Descriptive Statistics by Residential Status

Facility Resident Non-Facility Resident

Cognitive Functioning N M SD Min Max N M SD Min Max p-value
MMSEc 153 13.84 8.92 0 30 91 20.16 7.06 0 30 0.001
GDRSd 150 4.33 1.73 1 7 90 3.58 1.49 1 7 0.001
FOME Delayed recallb 145 2.14 2.78 0 10 90 4.14 3.13 0 10 0.001
FOME Delayed recognitionc 145 2.72 2.61 0 9 90 3.48 2.13 0 9 0.017
FOME Retentionc 145 4.86 4.15 0 10 90 7.62 3.25 0 10 0.001
WAIS Similaritiesb 148 5.20 7.22 0 30 90 10.17 8.37 0 29 0.001
COWATb 147 3.33 3.42 0 17 88 5.00 3.71 0 14 0.001
Handtapsc 89 36.03 14.81 0 59 147 23.96 18.50 0 60.5 0.001
Behavior Dyscontrol Scaleb 143 7.06 6.52 0 19 89 10.19 6.13 0 19 0.001
Severe Impairment Batteryc 149 69.63 32.67 0 100 91 89.01 18.31 0 100 0.001
Independent Living Scaleb 143 17.88 12.26 0 40 88 26.08 10.49 0 39 0.001
Mini Nutritional Assessmentb 137 16.90 2.70 7 22.5 78 18.70 3.00 11 21 0.001
Physical Functioning
Grip strength (kg)b 152 8.41 10.58 0 45 91 13.52 9.72 0 60 0.001
Leg strength (kg)b 72 7.45 4.96 1.55 35 81 8.62 5.89 1.65 25.8 0.189
OARS BADLc 86 12.00 3.31 0 15 127 10.40 4.24 0 15 0.002
OARS IADLc 88 9.43 3.53 0 14 124 8.06 4.32 0 14 0.012
DAFS BADLc 86 19.42 5.86 0 23 142 14.70 8.79 0 23 0.001
DAFS IADLb 86 34.10 17.01 0 58 142 21.13 17.49 0 58 0.001
SPPBc 153 1.29 2.89 0 6 91 3.49 1.86 0 6 0.001
PPMEb 147 0.73 1.60 0 10 91 2.57 2.60 0 9 0.001
Health and health habits
Systolic blood pressurec 151 125.99 12.85 100 180 90 130.70 18.69 90 190 0.030
Diastolic blood pressurcb 151 73.84 8.55 38 97 90 73.70 10.55 58 100 0.951
Pulse Pressurec 151 52.15 14.01 25 110 90 57.00 16.88 24 102 0.860
Homocysteine (μmol/L)c 140 14.10 5.25 5.7 41.1 85 14.74 8.53 6.4 72.3 0.530
Vitamin B12 (pmol/L)c 142 394.78 305.94 73.7 2587.31 91 422.25 568.16 73.7 4830.3 0.670
Smokinga 150% 91%
Never smoked 71.33 72.53
Former smoker 26.67 23.08
Current smoker 2.00 4.40 0.530
Alcohola 151% 91%
Never used 63.58 59.00
Formerly used 25.17 13.19
Currently uses 11.26 27.47 0.002
BMI (kg/m2)c 151% 22.22 4.82 13.11 51.87 86% 23.31 4.20 14.65 33.66 0.080
Underweight 19.87 13.95
Optimal weight 59.60 53.49
Overweight 15.89 25.58
Obese 4.64 6.98 a0.197
Lifetime prevalence of reported diseases
Depressiona 153 0.20 0.40 0 1 91 0.03 0.18 0 1 0.001
Cardiovascular diseasea 153 0.64 0.48 0 1 91 0.64 0.48 0 1 1.000
Psychiatrica 153 0.25 0.44 0 1 91 0.05 0.23 0 1 0.001
Cancera 153 0.05 0.22 0 1 91 0.04 0.21 0 1 1.000
Neurologicala 153 0.07 0.25 0 1 91 0.00 0.00 0 0 0.015
Kidney diseasea 153 0.07 0.25 0 1 91 0.01 0.10 0 1 0.057
Osteoporosisa 153 0.30 0.46 0 1 91 0.13 0.34 0 1 0.003
Diabetesa 153 0.10 0.31 0 1 91 0.05 0.23 0 1 0.240
Anxietya 153 0.07 0.26 0 1 91 0.03 0.18 0 1 0.263
Psychosisa 153 0.04 0.19 0 1 91 0.00 0.00 0 0 0.087
Hypertensiona 153 0.44 0.50 0 1 91 0.47 0.50 0 1 0.690
Strokea 153 0.01 0.11 0 1 91 0.00 0.00 0 0 0.530
Coronary artery diseasea 153 0.03 0.16 0 1 91 0.00 0.00 0 0 0.300
Congestive heart failurea 153 0.21 0.41 0 1 91 0.08 0.27 0 1 0.006
Peripheral artery diseasea 153 0.16 0.37 0 1 91 0.25 0.44 0 1 0.098
Cardiomegalya 153 0.00 0.00 0 0 91 0.01 0.10 0 1 0.373
Cardiac symptomsa 153 0.07 0.26 0 1 91 0.04 0.21 0 1 0.426
a

Fisher's Exact

b

t-test with equal variances

c

t-test with unequal variances

d

Kruskal-Wallis