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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with or without cognitive impairment

From: Preoperative assessment of cognitive function and risk assessment of cognitive impairment in elderly patients with orthopedics: a cross-sectional study

Variables Cognitive normal (n = 267) Cognitive impairment
(n = 107)
Statistical values P
MMSE, median (IQR) 25 (23–27) 16 (13–19)   
Age (yr), median (IQR) 70 (67–74) 73 (68–79) 3.930a < 0.001
Female, n(%) 128 (47.9) 73 (62.8) 12.643b < 0.001
BMI (kg m−2, mean ± SD) 23.46 ± 3.48 23.00 ± 3.52 1.154c 0.249
Widowed or Divorced, n (%) 24 (9.0) 15 (14.0) 2.069b 0.150
Level of education    30.505b < 0.001
Illiteracy, n (%) 46 (17.2) 43 (40.2)   
Primary school, n (%) 125 (46.8) 50 (46.7)   
Middle school or above, n (%) 96 (36.0) 14 (13.1)   
Comorbidities
Hypertension, n (%) 162 (60.7) 62 (57.9) 0.237b 0.626
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 49 (18.4) 28 (26.2) 2.854b 0.091
Hyperlipidemia, n (%) 74(27.7) 22 (20.6) 2.049b 0.152
CHD, n (%) 19 (7.1) 8 (7.5) 0.015b 0.903
CNS disease, n (%) 32 (12.0) 12 (11.2) 0.044b 0.835
Atherosclerosis, n (%) 49 (18.4) 30 (28.0) 4.301b 0.038
ASA III, n (%) 46 (17.2) 33 (30.8) 8.496b 0.004
CCI, median (IQR) 4 (3–5) 4 (4–5) 1.978a 0.048
Lesions    0.889b 0.641
Spinal, n (%) 142 (53.2) 57 (53.3)   
Hip, knee or tibia, n (%) 82 (30.7) 29 (27.1)   
Other parts, n (%) 43 (16.1) 21 (19.6)   
  1. MMSE Mini-mental: state examination, BMI Body mass index, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, CCI Charlson comorbidity index, SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range
  2. aZ values; bχ2 values; ct values