Research Article
Prevalence of Anemia among Older Adults Residing in the Coastal and Andes Mountains in Ecuador: Results of the SABE Survey
Table 1
Demographic and health characteristics of participants in the SABE survey.
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() | Women
() | value |
| | Age groups (years), % | | | .480 | | 60–69 | 47.5 | 46.2 | | | 70–79 | 31.6 | 34.5 | | | ≥80 | 20.9 | 19.3 | | | Race, % | | | .881 | | Indigenous | 10.0 | 11.1 | | | Black | 3.8 | 3.4 | | | Mestizo | 70.6 | 69.1 | | | Mulatto | 3.8 | 3.3 | | | White | 11.8 | 13.1 | | | Area of residency, % | | | .149 | | Urban Andes Mountains | 28.3 | 30.8 | | | Urban coast | 36.1 | 37.5 | | | Rural Andes Mountains | 20.2 | 20.3 | | | Rural coast | 15.4 | 11.4 | | | Literacy, % | 76.7 | 64.7 | <.0001 | | Smoking, % | | | <.0001 | | Current | 20.5 | 3.3 | | | Former | 49.1 | 12.4 | | | Never | 30.4 | 84.3 | | | BMI (kg/m2), % | | | <.0001 | | Underweight | 2.3 | 2.0 | | | Normal | 49.7 | 32.9 | | | Overweight | 37.8 | 38.5 | | | Obesity | 10.2 | 26.6 | | | Self-reported health, % | | | <.0001 | | Excellent to good | 30.1 | 20.2 | | | Fair to poor | 69.9 | 79.8 | | | ADL’s limitations, % | 22.9 | 29.5 | <.005 | | Cognitive impairment, % | 16.6 | 25.9 | <.0001 | | Comorbidities, % | | | | | Diabetes | 13.2 | 19.6 | <.005 | | Cancer | 2.2 | 3.5 | .117 | | COPD | 6.5 | 9.7 | .032 | | Heart disease | 12.2 | 15.8 | .086 | | Arthritis | 20.6 | 43.0 | <.0001 | | Number of comorbidities, % | | | <.0001 | | 0 | 58.2 | 37.3 | | | 1 | 31.5 | 39.9 | | | ≥2 | 10.3 | 22.8 | | | CRP, mg/L (SD) | 4.9 (8.9) | 5.1 (9.0) | .652 | | Creatinine clearance mL/min (SD) | 66.2 (20.5) | 66.6 (23.4) | .629 | | Albumin, g/dL (SD) | 4.3 (0.3) | 4.3 (0.3) | .950 | | Vitamin B12, ng/mL (SD) | 423.9 (234.6) | 527.7 (261.6) | <.0001 | | Ferritin, ng/mL (SD) | 172.5 (164.5) | 165.9 (159.0) | .325 |
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