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Table 1 Characteristics of all participants with and without cognitive impairment

From: Positive associations between sex hormones, bone metabolism and cognitive impairment in Chinese oldest-old females

Characteristics

With cognitive

impairment

(n = 340)

Without cognitive

impairment

(n = 56)

X2 a

Z b

P

Age (year)

101 (91, 103)

92 (84, 102)

 

-3.246

0.001

Body mass index (kg/m2)

18 (16,21)

19 (17, 22)

 

-1.696

0.090

Education level, n (%)

  

3.607

 

0.307

Illiteracy

330(97.1)

55(98.2)

   

Primary school

1(0.3)

0(0)

   

High school

9(2.3)

1(1.8)

   

Race, n (%)

  

1.822

 

0.610

Han

303(89.1)

53(94.6)

   

Others

37(10.9)

3(5.4)

   

Diabetes

22(6.5)

5(8.9)

0.457

 

0.499

Coronary heart disease, n (%)

14(4.1)

3(5.4)

0.180

 

0.672

Total type I collagen n-terminal elongation peptide (ug/L)

69.0 (52.0, 90.0)

63.0 (50.3, 76.8)

 

-1.595

0.111

β-crossLaps (ng/ml)

0.34 (0.21, 0.52)

0.31 (0.17, 0.49)

 

-1.238

0.216

Osteocalcin (ng/ml)

28.9 (19.9, 39.4)

26.8 (18.3, 33.9)

 

-1.351

0.177

Parathyroid hormone (pg/ml)

43.4 (31.5, 56.2)

38.6 (28.5, 48.8)

 

-1.890

0.059

25-hydroxyvitamin-D3 (ng/ml)

22.3 (17.2, 27.9)

24.1 (19.8, 28.7)

 

-1.538

0.124

Phosphonium ion (mmol/L)

1.08 (0.97, 1.18)

1.05 (0.97, 1.19)

 

-0.425

0.671

Calcium ion (mmol/L)

2.45 (2.16, 2.31)

2.25 (2.18, 2.31)

 

-0.985

0.325

Progesterone (nmol/L)

0.43 (0.10, 0.89)

0.32 (0.10, 0.57)

 

-2.372

0.018

Prolactin (ug/L)

12.9 (10.3, 17.6)

10.8 (8.6, 14.4)

 

-3.341

0.001

Estradiol (pmol/L)

18.4 (18.4, 44.9)

18.4 (18.4, 29.8)

 

-2.537

0.011

Testosterone (nmol)

0.35 (0.15, 0.63)

0.35 (0.11, 0.73)

 

-0.175

0.861

Human chorionic gonadotropin (U/L)

2.44 (1.36, 4.00)

2.26 (1.17, 3.36)

 

-1.576

0.115

Luteinizing hormone (mlU/ml)

36.0(28.1, 45.8)

34.4(28.3, 44.2)

 

-0.992

0.357

Follicle stimulating hormone (IU/L)

80.8 (62.7, 100.8)

79.3 (63.1, 100.3)

 

-0.126

0.900

Mini Mental State Examination

8.5 (6.0, 12.0)

21.0 (19.0, 25.0)

 

-12.016

< 0.001

  1. aChi-square tests; bMann-Whitney U tests