Table 3.
|
|
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.