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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Jan 3;18(10):1898–1906. doi: 10.1002/alz.12527

Table 1.

Participant baseline characteristics

Cognitive Impairment
N=201 (12%)
No Cognitive Impairment
N=1510 (88%)
p-value3 Total
N=1711
Age (mean ± std dev) 74.1 ± 3.1 73.7 ± 2.9 0.07 73.7 ± 2.9
Female, n (%) 79 (39%) 723 (48%) 0.02 802 (47%)
Black Race, n (%) 156 (78%) 560 (37%) <0.001 716 (42%)
Memphis HABC Study Site, n (%) 122 (61%) 703 (47%) 0.0002 825 (48%)
Pittsburgh, HABC Study Site, n (%) 79 (39%) 807 (53%) 886 (52%)
3MS (mean ± std dev) 75.0 ± 9.3 91.9 ± 5.3 <0.001 90.0 ± 8.1
Smoking status2, n (%)
   Never 79 (39%) 596 (39%) <0.001 675 (39%)
   Former 79 (39%) 754 (50%) 833 (49%)
   Current 43 (21%) 160 (12%) 203 (12%)
Walking Activity (kCal/kg/week) (mean ± std dev) 5.6 ± 9.8 8.2 ± 20.3 0.003 7.9 ± 19.4
Body mass index (BMI) 27.6 ± 5.4 27.4 ± 4.5 0.74 27.5 ± 4.7
Prevalent Health Conditions2, n (%)
   Cancer 29 (14%) 359 (24%) 0.003 388 (23%)
   Lung Disease 30 (15%) 214 (14%) 0.77 244 (14%)
   Heart Disease 55 (27%) 445 (29%) 0.54 500 (29%)
   Stroke 19 (9.5%) 127 (8.4%) 0.62 146 (8.5%)
   Diabetes Mellitus 49 (24%) 246 (16%) 0.004 295 (17%)
   Falls 38 (19%) 334 (22%) 0.30 372 (22%)
   Arthritis 115 (57%) 888 (59%) 0.67 1003 (59%)
   Depression 10 (5.0%) 152 (10%) 0.02 162 (9.5%)
ALMBMI (mean ± std dev) 0.8 ± 0.2 0.7 ± 0.2 <0.001 0.7 ± 0.2
Grip strength, kg (mean ± std dev) 29.6 ± 9.7 29.0 ± 9.8 0.42 29.1 ± 9.8
# of days from ALM or grip strength measurement to index hosp. (mean ± std dev) 320 ± 221 302 ± 232 0.32 304 ± 230
Low ALMBMI1, n (%) 28 (14%) 272 (18%) 0.15 300 (18%)
Low grip Strength1, n (%) 26 (13%) 152 (10%) 0.21 178 (10%)
Days from index hosp. to outcome (mean ± std dev) 179 ± 122 179 ± 120 0.97 179 ± 120
ADL Disability Prior to Index Hosp, n(%) 12 (6.0%) 29 (1.9%) 0.0004 41 (2.4%)

ALM: appendicular lean mass

3MS: Modified mini-mental status exam score (range 0-100)

ADL: activity of daily living

1

Low ALMBMI: men <0.789, women <0.512; low grip strength men <26kg, women <16kg (McLean RR, Shardell MD, et al. Criteria for clinically relevant weakness and low lean mass and their longitudinal association with incident mobility impairment and mortality: the foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) sarcopenia project. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2014;69(5):576-83

2

Smoking status and prevalent health conditions defined per Visser M, Goodpaster BH, et al. Muscle mass, muscle strength, and muscle fat infiltration as predictors of incident mobility limitations in well-functioning older persons. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2005; 60A(3): 324-333

3

p-value comparing those with and without cognitive impairment