The Use of Multiple Correspondence Analysis to Explore Associations between Categories of Qualitative Variables in Healthy Ageing

Table 1

Clinical, general lifestyle, physical, and cognitive characterization.

	Count	Column 𝑛 (%)
Sociodemographic characteristics
Gender
Male	410	50.5%
Female	402	49.5%
Age
[50–60[	239	29.4%
[60–70[	281	34.6%
[70–...[	292	36.0%
School years
Less than 4 years	191	23.5%
4 years	465	57.3%
More than 4 years	156	19.2%
Clinical characteristics
Stroke
Yes	42	5.2%
No	770	94.8%
Cardiac pathology
Yes	75	9.2%
No	737	90.8%
Diabetes
Yes	153	18.8%
No	659	81.2%
Dyslipidemia
Yes	449	55.3%
No	363	44.7%
Hypertension
Yes	452	55.7%
No	360	44.3%
Lifestyle and physical characteristics
Smoking habits
Former smoker	200	24.6%
Smoker	63	7.8%
Nonsmoker	549	67.6%
Alcohol consumption
50 or less gr/day	379	46.7%
More than 50 gr/day	200	24.6%
None	233	28.7%
Physical activity
Less than 3 times per week	134	16.5%
Over 3 times per week	178	21.9%
None	500	61.6%
BMI
Normal/underweight	188	23.2%
Overweight	389	47.9%
Obese	235	28.9%
Metabolic risk
Increased	199	24.5%
Substantially increased	483	59.5%
None	130	16.0%
Cognitive dimensions
GENEXEC
Poor	201	24.8%
Normal	409	50.4%
Good	202	24.9%
MEM
Poor	176	21.7%
Normal	406	50.0%
Good	230	28.3%