Table 3.
Differences in frequencies of gender and some diagnoses of chronic diseases and geriatric conditions between three identified clusters.
| FUN | DFUN | COG-IMP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | f | % | f | % | f | % | χ2 | df | p | |
| Gender (female) | 85 | 61.2 | 31 | 72.1 | 56 | 69.1 | 2.460 | 2 | 0.292 | |
| Smoker | Yes | 1 | 1.2 | 9 | 6.5 | 7 | 16.3 | 11.7 | 4 | 0.020 |
| No | 55 | 67.9 | 84 | 60.4 | 21 | 48.8 | ||||
| Ex | 25 | 30.9 | 46 | 33.1 | 15 | 34.9 | ||||
| Alcohol | No | 58 | 71.6 | 91 | 65.5 | 39 | 90.7 | 11.7 | 4 | 0.020 |
| Infrequent | 22 | 27.2 | 42 | 30.2 | 3 | 7.0 | ||||
| Frequent | 1 | 1.2 | 6 | 4.3 | 1 | 2.3 | ||||
| Hypertension | 68 | 84.0 | 106 | 76.3 | 35 | 81.4 | 1.97 | 8 | 0.373 | |
| Type 2 diabetes | Yes | 33 | 23.7 | 7 | 16.3 | 21 | 25.9 | 1.517 | 2 | 0.468 |
| Chronic heart disease | 8 | 9.9 | 4 | 2.9 | 3 | 7.0 | 4.82 | 2 | 0.090 | |
| Coronary artery disease | 8 | 9.9 | 15 | 10.8 | 8 | 18.6 | 2.34 | 2 | 0.311 | |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 4 | 4.9 | 6 | 4.3 | 7 | 16.3 | 8.22 | 2 | 0.016 | |
| Periphery artery disease | 3 | 3.7 | 2 | 1.4 | 4 | 9.3 | 0.033* | |||
| Osteoporosis | Yes | 8 | 5.8 | 9 | 20.9 | 8 | 9.9 | 8.810 | 2 | 0.012 |
| Osteoarthritis | Yes | 45 | 32.4 | 22 | 51.2 | 37 | 45.7 | 6.690 | 2 | 0.035 |
| Chronic low back pain | Yes | 49 | 35.3 | 23 | 53.5 | 31 | 38.3 | 4.623 | 2 | 0.099 |
| Anxiety/depression | Yes | 52 | 37.4 | 30 | 69.8 | 39 | 48.1 | 14.058 | 2 | <0.001 |
| Falls | Yes | 31 | 22.3 | 20 | 46.5 | 25 | 30.1 | 9.588 | 2 | 0.008 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 4 | 4.9 | 6 | 4.3 | 3 | 7.0 | 0.495 | 2 | 0.781 | |
| Malignant disease | 12 | 14.8 | 12 | 8.6 | 5 | 11.6 | 2.01 | 2 | 0.366 | |
| Significant visus loss | 70 | 86.4 | 121 | 87.1 | 38 | 88.4 | 0.095 | 2 | 0.953 | |
| Hearing difficulties | 20 | 24.7 | 31 | 22.3 | 14 | 39.5 | 5.17 | 2 | 0.084 | |
Clusters: FUN, Functional; DFUN, Dysfunctional; COG-IMP, Cognitively impaired; f, frequency; %, within cluster percentages, indicating percentage of a given category within a cluster; χ2, chi-square; df, degrees of freedom.
*
Fisher exact test.