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Table 1 Sample characteristics at baseline

From: Predictors of nursing home admission of individuals without a dementia diagnosis before admission - results from the Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged (LEILA 75+)

Characteristics

Non-institutionalised

(n = 695)

Institutionalised

(n = 59)

Test statistic

p-value

Age, mean (s.d.)

80.6 (4.4)

83.7 (5.9)

T=-3.94

<0.001

Gender, n (%)

    

   Male

204 (29.4)

15 (25.4)

χ2 = 0.41

0.523

   Female

491 (70.6)

44 (74.6)

  

Education, n (%)

    

   Low

131 (18.8)

13 (22.0)

χ2 = 0.82

0.665

   Middle

453 (65.2)

35 (59.3)

  

   High

111 (16.0)

11 (18.7)

  

Marital status, n (%)

    

   Single

57 (8.2)

5 (8.5)

χ2 = 9.37

0.025

   Married

235 (33.8)

9 (15.3)

  

   Divorced

59 (8.5)

5 (8.5)

  

   Widowed

344 (49.5)

40 (67.8)

  

Living situation, n (%)

    

   Alone

411 (59.1)

48 (81.4)

χ2 = 10.73

0.005

   With spouse

228 (32.8)

9 (15.2)

  

   With others

56 (8.1)

2 (3.4)

  

MMSE-Score, mean (s.d.)

27.4 (2.0)

26.9 (2.1)

T = 1.84

0.061

  1. MMSE - Mini Mental State Examination, s.d. - standard deviation