Research Article
Assessment of Malnutrition in Community Chinese Elderly: A Hidden Problem in a Developed Society
Table 1
Characteristics of subjects.
| | Variable | Mean (SD)/Frequency (%) | value* | | Female | Male |
| | Age | 72.58 (5.36) | 72.39 (5.01) | 0.2541 | | Social economic ladder of Hong Kong | 4.64 (1.92) | 4.45 (1.87) | 0.0020 | | Education level | | | <0.0001 | | No education | 753 (37.65%) | 103 (5.15%) | | | Primary or below | 903 (45.15%) | 1104 (55.20%) | | | Secondary or above | 344 (17.20%) | 793 (39.65%) | | | Single, divorced, or widowed | 931 (46.55%) | 240 (12.00%) | <0.0001 | | Living alone | 341 (17.05%) | 92 (4.60%) | <0.0001 | | Housewife | 206 (10.30%) | — | | | Weight | 54.52 (8.50) | 62.44 (9.38) | <0.0001 | | Height | 150.92 (5.32) | 163.08 (5.72) | <0.0001 | | BMI | | | 0.1081 | | Underweight (<18.5) | 100 (5.00%) | 115 (5.75%) | | | Normal (18.5–<23) | 711 (35.55%) | 760 (38.00%) | | | Overweight (23) | 1189 (59.45%) | 1125 (56.25%) | |
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value of -test for continuous and for categorical variables.
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