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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by edentulism at 2013 in China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

From: Longitudinal association of edentulism with cognitive impairment, sarcopenia and all-cause mortality among older Chinese adults

Characteristics

Total sample

 

Edentulism during 2013–2018

(n = 16,501)

P-values

 

Yes (n = 2537)

No (n = 13,964)

Age at 2013 (years), mean (SD)

16,501

 

65.5 ± 9.9

57.6 ± 8.8

< 0.001

45–64 years

12,271

 

1244 (10.1)

11,027 (89.9)

< 0.001

65–74 years

3104

 

795 (25.6)

2309 (74.4)

 

>=75 years

1126

 

498 (44.2)

628 (55.8)

 

Female, n (%)

    

0.001

Female

8449

 

1374 (16.3)

7075 (83.7)

 

Male

8052

 

1163 (14.4)

6889 (85.6)

 

Education at 2013, n (%)

14,403

   

< 0.001

Primary or less

9570

 

1781 (18.6)

7789 (81.4)

 

Lower secondary

3123

 

314 (10.1)

2809 (89.9)

 

Upper secondary & vocational

1500

 

99 (6.6)

1401 (93.4)

 

Tertiary

210

 

16 (7.6)

194 (92.4)

 

Household income at 2013, mean (SD)

9377

 

10376.7 ± 12498.0

18941.3 ± 24766.4

< 0.001

BMI at 2013, mean (SD)

10,145

 

23.1 ± 5.2

24.1 ± 3.7

< 0.001

Current smoke at 2013, n (%)

13,943

 

520 (25.4)

3215 (27.0)

0.145

Alcohol use at 2013, n (%)

13,943

 

565 (27.6)

4055 (34.1)

< 0.001

High blood pressure at 2013, n (%)

13,277

 

580 (26.4)

2434 (22.0)

< 0.001

Dentures, n(%)

14,303

 

516 (61.8)

4020 (29.8)

< 0.001

Stroke, n (%)

     

W2 (2013)

13,253

 

72 (3.3)

304 (2.8)

0.181

W3 (2015)

13,810

 

95 (4.5)

450 (3.8)

0.150

W4 (2018)

13,963

 

192 (9.4)

932 (7.8)

0.019

Heart diseases, n (%)

     

W2 (2013)

13,218

 

310 (14.1)

1451 (13.2)

0.257

W3 (2015)

13,719

 

425 (20.2)

2044 (17.6)

0.004

W4 (2018)

13,961

 

514 (25.1)

2516 (21.1)

< 0.001

Global cognition score, mean (SD)

     

W2 (2013)

10,286

 

13.9 ± 4.9

15.5 ± 4.6

< 0.001

W3 (2015)

11,294

 

13.1 ± 4.8

14.9 ± 4.7

< 0.001

W4 (2018)

8575

 

13.8 ± 5.2

15.7 ± 5.0

< 0.001

Sarcopenia at 2015, n (%)

7666

 

131 (11.3)

242 (3.7)

< 0.001

Death at 2018, n (%)

16,256

 

217 (9.5)

496 (3.6)

< 0.001

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