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. 2022 Aug 23;17(8):e0273345. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273345

Table 2. Clinical characteristics of older adults people in Bahir Dar city administration, northwest, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 423).

Variables Categories Frequency(n = 423) Percent (%)
Cognitive impairments Yes 178 42.1
No 245 57.9
History of chronic medical illness Yes 216 51.1
No 207 48.9
Hypertension Yes 130 30.7
No 87 20.6
HIV/AIDS Yes 26 6.1
No 192 45.4
Cardiac Yes 25 5.9
No 192 45.4
Diabetes Yes 76 18.0
No 141 33.3
Others* Yes 11 2.6
No 207 48.9
Medication currently in use Yes 198 46.8
No 225 53.2
Family history of mental illness Yes 34 8.0
No 389 92.0
History of head trauma Yes 50 11.8
No 373 88.2
Nutritional status Malnourished 32 7.6
Risk 165 39
Normal 226 53.4

Others*: Epilepsy.