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. 2014 Jan 28;14:10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-10

Table 3.

Gender-specific baseline characteristics of 2006 study sample

 
 
Male
 
Female
Characteristics All Case Control p-value*** All Case Control p-value***
Number: N
10,741
2,325
8,416
 
27,012
6,814
20,198
 
Age: mean (SD)
77.7 (6.7)
78.2 (7.2)
77.5 (6.6)
<0.0001
81.0 (6.5)
82.8 (7.2)
80.4 (6.2)
0.0009
Environment: n (%)
 
 
 
<0.0001
 
 
 
<0.0001
Living in community setting
9,973 (92.8)
1,684 (72.4)
8,289 (98.5)
 
23,146 (85.7)
3,840 (56.4)
19,306 (95.6)
 
Living in nursing home
562 (5.2)
482 (20.7)
80 (1.0)
 
3,084 (11.4)
2,452 (36.0)
632 (3.1)
 
Change in environment
206 (1.9)
159 (6.8)
47 (0.6)
 
782 (2.9)
522 (7.7)
260 (1.3)
 
Care level*: n (%)
 
 
 
<0.0001
 
 
 
<0.0001
None
8,823 (82.1)
1,047 (45.0)
7,776 (92.4)
 
19,923 (73.8)
2,419 (35.5)
17,504 (86.7)
 
1
926 (8.6)
518 (22.3)
408 (4.8)
 
3,280 (12.1)
1,548 (22.7)
1,732 (8.6)
 
2
708 (6.6)
512 (22.0)
196 (2.3)
 
2,423 (9.0)
1,652 (24.2)
771 (3.8)
 
3
284 (2.6)
248 (10.7)
36 (0.4)
 
1,386 (5.1)
1,195 (17.5)
191 (0.9)
 
CI**: mean (SD) 3.7 (3.0) 4.3 (3.0) 3.5 (3.0) <0.0001 3.0 (2.5) 3.4 (2.5) 2.8 (2.5) <0.0001

SD = Standard Deviation. *Care level corresponds to the care level on 30 June 2006.

**The Charlson Index (CI) category ‘dementia’ is set at zero for all individuals.

***P-values derived from Chi2 test for distinct variables and from Kruskal–Wallis test for continuous variables.