Reaching 100 in the Countryside: Health Profile and Living Circumstances of Portuguese Centenarians from the Beira Interior Region

Table 4

Global Deterioration Scale of the Portuguese centenarians from Beira Interior ( = 101).

	Male	Female	Total	p
	( =14)	( = 87)
No subjective complaints of memory deficit	2 (14.3%)	8 (9.2%)	10 (9.9%)	0.446
Subjective complaints of memory deficit	5 (35.7%)	33 (37.9%)	38 (37.6%)
Earlier clear-cut deficits	3 (21.4%)	8 (9.2%)	11 (10.9%)
Clear-cut deficit in clinical interview	2 (14.3%)	6 (6.9%)	8 (7.9%)
Patient can no longer survive without assistance	0	7 (8%)	7 (6.9%)
Occasionally forgets the name of the spouse upon whom they are dependent	0	12 (13.8%)	12 (11.8%)
All verbal abilities are lost	2 (14.3%)	11 (12.6%)	13 (12.9%)
N/A	0	2 (2.3%)	2 (2%)