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Table 1 The characteristics of study participants

From: Sex steroid and cognitive function among community-dwelling older men with or without vascular risk factors: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics a, b

All

Men without VRF

Men with one VRF

Men with two or more VRFs

P- value

N = 224

N (%) = 77 (34.4)

N (%) = 103 (46.0)

N (%) = 44 (19.6)

Sociodemographic

     

Age, mean (SD)

71.8 (5.1)

71.3 (4.5)

72.0 (5.3)

72.4 (5.9)

0.50

Education, n (%)

     

 Below primary school

36 (16.1)

11 (14.3)

20 (19.4)

5 (11.4)

0.08

 Primary school

106 (47.3)

34 (44.2)

48 (46.6)

24 (54.5)

 Junior high school

62 (27.7)

19 (24.7)

29 (28.2)

14 (31.8)

 Senior high school and above

20 (8.9)

13 (16.9)

6 (5.8)

1 (2.3)

BMI, mean (SD)

24.5 (3.2)

23.01 (2.4)

24.7 (2.7)

26.5 (4.3)

< 0.001

WC, mean (SD)

85.4 (8.8)

82.0 (7.5)

85.7 (8.0)

90.5 (9.8)

< 0.001

MMSE, mean (SD)

26.6 (4.5)

26.5 (5.2)

26.6 (4.4)

26.6 (3.8)

0.99

Depression, yes, n (%)

18 (8.0)

3 (3.9)

6 (5.8)

9 (20.5)

0.003

Lifestyle

     

Smoking, yes, n (%)

84 (37.5)

33 (42.9)

40 (38.8)

11 (25.0)

0.14

Drinking, yes, n (%)

38 (17.0)

12 (15.6)

18 (17.5)

8 (18.2)

0.92

Physical activity, active, n (%)

112 (50.0)

36 (46.8)

52 (50.5)

24 (54.5)

0.71

VRFs

     

Obesity, yes, n (%)

27 (13.1)

-

7 (7.6)

20 (48.8)

< 0.001

Hypertension, yes, n (%)

123 (54.9)

-

82 (79.6)

41 (93.2)

< 0.001

Diabetes, yes, n (%)

23 (10.3)

-

6 (5.8)

17 (38.6)

< 0.001

CHDs, yes, n (%)

18 (8.0)

-

7 (6.8)

11 (25.0)

< 0.001

Stroke, yes, n (%)

11 (4.9)

-

1 (1.0)

10 (22.7)

< 0.001

Hormone Variables

     

Testosterone (ng/mL), mean (SD)

5.6 (2.1)

6.1 (2.1)

5.5 (2.3)

5.1 (1.8)

0.039

Estradiol (pg/mL), mean (SD)

32.5 (11.6)

33.0 (10.9)

33.7 (11.7)

30.9 (9.9)

0.36

  1. a. Continuous variables (age, BMI, WC, MMSE, estradiol, and testosterone) represented as mean (SD, Standard Deviation); other variables as numbers (percentages) per category
  2. b. VRFs, vascular risk factors; BMI, body mass index (kg/m2); WC, waist circumference (cm); MMSE, The Mini-Mental State Examination; CHDs, coronary heart diseases