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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Jan 8;58(2):248–255. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02671.x

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants who did not versus those who developed MCI.

Characteristic* Did not develop MCI N=456 Developed MCI N=305 P Value

Age 77.9, 7.21 81.0, 6.30 <0.001

Gender (% Female) 76.7% 74.4% 0.489

Race (% White, non-Hispanic) 89.6% 92.8% 0.142

Education 14.5, 2.91 14.8, 3.25 0.247

Global cognitive function 0.42, 0.38 0.14, 0.40 <0.001

Physical frailty −0.19, 0.54 0.00, 0.55 >0.001
 Grip strength −51.43, 19.05 −47.99, 18.43 0.007
 Timed walk 2.59, 1.37 3.07, 1.46 <0.001
 BMI −27.87, 5,43 −27.27, 4.84 0.165
 Fatigue 1.14, 0.28 1.18, 0.33 0.153

Depressive symptoms 0.85, 1.39 0.92, 1.36 0.319

Vascular risk factors 1.16, 0.85 1.10, 0.79 0.430
 Hypertension (% yes) 59% 42% 0.878
 Smoking (% yes) 41% 39% 0.692
 Diabetes (% yes) 15% 11% 0.104

Vascular diseases 0.32, 0.62 0.26, 0.51 0.539
 Claudication (% yes) 5% 6% 0.613
 Congestive heart failure (% yes) 5% 5% 0.920
 Heart attack (% yes) 12% 36% 0.290
 Stroke (% yes) 9% 7% 0.400

Katz Disability 0.10, 0.48 0.19, 0.63 0.005
 Katz=1 or more (%) 6% 11% 0.005
IADL Disability 0.60, 0.96 0.99, 1.30 <0.001
 IADL=1 or more (%) 12% 25% <0.001

Income 6.80 (2.52) 6.40 (2.57) 0.061
*

Mean values and standard deviations are presented unless otherwise noted and statistical significance is based on t-tests, Wilcoxon rank sum test or Chi-Square tests, as appropriate.