Table 1.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of community-dwelling elderly in Lomé, Togo in 2017 (N = 370).
| Total (N = 370) | Male (N = 167) | Female (N = 203) | p value | |
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| Age (years) | ||||
| Median (IQR) | 65 (62–71) | 66 (63–69.5) | 65 (62–73) | 0.537∗ |
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| Marital status, n (%) | <0.001∗∗ | |||
| Single | 9 (2.4) | 4 (2.4) | 5 (2.5) | |
| Widowed | 131 (35.4) | 20 (12.0) | 111 (54.6) | |
| Married/living with a partner | 214 (57.8) | 134 (80.2) | 80 (39.4) | |
| Divorced | 15 (4.1) | 9 (5.4) | 6 (3.0) | |
| MD | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | |
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| Education level, n (%) | <0.001∗∗ | |||
| None | 100 (27.0) | 17 (10.2) | 83 (40.9) | |
| Primary school | 107 (29.0) | 42 (25.2) | 65 (32.0) | |
| Secondary school | 100 (27.0) | 60 (35.9) | 40 (19.7) | |
| University | 60 (16.2) | 47 (28.1) | 13 (6.4) | |
| MD | 3 (0.8) | 1 (0.6) | 2 (1.0) | |
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| Monthly revenue (euros), n (%) | <0.001∗∗∗ | |||
| <150 | 258 (69.7) | 94 (56.3) | 164 (80.8) | |
| (150–450) | 77 (20.8) | 55 (32.9) | 22 (10.8) | |
| >450 | 20 (5.4) | 12 (7.2) | 8 (4.0) | |
| MD | 15 (4.1) | 6 (3.6) | 9 (4.4) | |
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| Past medical history, n (%) | ||||
| Hypertension | 187 (50.5) | 67 (40.1) | 120 (59.1) | <0.001∗∗∗ |
| Diabetes | 67 (18.1) | 30 (17.9) | 37 (18.2) | 0.948∗∗∗ |
| Other CVD1 | 50 (13.5) | 22 (13.2) | 28 (13.8) | 0.862∗∗∗ |
| Osteoarthritis | 219 (59.2) | 84 (50.3) | 135 (66.5) | 0.002∗∗∗ |
| Visual impairment2 | 46 (12.4) | 20 (12.0) | 26 (12.8) | 0.809∗∗∗ |
| Gastrointestinal disease3 | 32 (8.7) | 18 (10.8) | 14 (6.9) | 0.186∗∗∗ |
| Dyslipidemia | 42 (11.4) | 15 (8.9) | 27 (13.3) | 0.192∗∗∗ |
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| Number of medical conditions, n (%) | 0.033∗∗∗ | |||
| 0 | 45 (12.2) | 28 (16.8) | 17 (8.4) | |
| 1 | 112 (30.3) | 54 (32.3) | 58 (28.6) | |
| 2 | 123 (33.2) | 52 (31.1) | 71 (35.0) | |
| ≥3 | 90 (24.3) | 33 (19.8) | 47 (28.0) | |
IQR=interquartile range, MD=Missing data. 1Other CVD= cardiovascular diseases including arrhythmia, cardiac conduction disorders, chronic congestive heart failure. 2Visual impairment including age-related degeneration, cataract, glaucoma, and blindness. 3Gastrointestinal diseases including peptic ulcer, hemorrhoids, chronic constipation, and chronic hepatitis. ∗Mann-Whitney U test; ∗∗Fisher's exact test; ∗∗∗Chi square test.