Table 3.
Key characteristics based on FI-GFI group
| |
Group 1: |
Group 2: |
Group 3: |
Group 4: |
Comparison of groups 3 and 4: p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
FI < 0.08 & |
FI ≥ 0.08 & |
FI ≥ 0.08 & |
FI < 0.08 & |
|
| GFI < 4 | GFI ≥ 4 | GFI < 4 | GFI ≥ 4 | ||
| N (%) |
216 (33.9) |
211 (33.1) |
172 (27.0) |
39 (6.1) |
- |
| Age, mean (SD) |
68.0 (7.2) |
78.2 (9.3) |
74.6 (8.0) |
72.4 (8.6) |
0.12a |
| Females, n (%) |
117 (52.2) |
111 (53.6) |
80 (48.8) |
29 (67.4) |
0.011b |
| Consultation gap in days, mean (SD) |
222 (571) |
47 (54) |
65 (78) |
96 (160) |
0.075a |
| Living alone as a widower or after divorce, n (%) |
35 (16.2) |
99 (46.9) |
54 (31.4) |
19 (48.7) |
0.040b |
| Primary education or less, n (%) | 25 (11.6) | 48 (22.7) | 23 (13.4) | 7 (17.9) | 0.46b |
a Differences were evaluated with the Independent Samples t-test. b Differences were evaluated with the Pearson Chi-Square test.