Research Article

The Interaction Effect between Blood Stasis Constitution and Atherosclerotic Factors on Cognitive Impairment in Elderly People

Table 1

Distribution of general factors in aged subjects with and without cognitive impairment (n=1,037).

ItemCognitive impairmentχ2 valueP-value
NormalPresence

SexMale502 (90.0)56 (10.0)9.4900.002
Female400 (83.5)79 (16.5)
Age<70491 (89.9)55 (10.1)8.8330.003
≥70411 (83.7)80 (16.3)
SmokingNo777 (86.1)125 (13.9)4.4980.034
Yes109 (93.2)8 (6.80)
Alcohol consumptionNone786 (86.2)126 (13.8)2.720
Tendency
0.099
Occasionally72 (94.7)4 (5.30)
Often44 (89.8)5 (10.2)
Education levelIlliteracy118 (65.2)63 (34.8)45.863
Tendency
<0.001
Primary318 (93.0)24 (7.0)
Secondary286 (88.5)37 (11.5)
High school and above180 (94.2)11 (5.8)
ExerciseOften38 (82.6)8 (17.4)11.7550.008
Everyday677 (88.7)86 (11.3)
Occasionally110 (85.9)18 (14.1)
None77 (77.0)23 (23.0)
BMINormal446 (87.8)62 (12.2)2.551
Tendency
0.110
Overweight361 (87.8)50 (12.2)
Obesity95 (80.5)23 (19.5)
HypertensionAbsence362 (88.3)48 (11.7)1.0290.310
Presence540 (86.1)87 (13.9)
DiabetesAbsence683 (87.5)98 (12.5)0.6180.432
Presence219 (85.5)37 (14.5)

Note: the data are presented as number of subjects (rate, %).