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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics according to nutritional status, QOL and MNA & QOL of the elderly in South Korea (N = 143)

From: Association between combinations of nutritional status and quality of life and food purchasing motives among the elderly in South Korea

 

Nutritional statusa

 

QOLb

 

Nutritional status & QOLc

 

High (N = 63)

Low (N = 68)

Pd

High (N = 71)

Low (N = 70)

P

Best (N = 41)

Worst (N = 45)

P

Femalee

66.7

66.2

0.953

54.9

74.3

0.016

58.5

71.1

0.177

Agef

74.4 ± 4.7

75.9 ± 6.2

0.105

73.6 ± 5.5

76.5 ± 5.2

0.001

73.4 ± 5.1

77.0 ± 5.9

0.003

  < 80 years

88.9

73.5

0.025

87.3

75.7

0.076

90.2

68.9

0.072

  ≥ 80 years

11.1

26.5

12.7

24.3

9.8

31.1

Disease (multiple response)

82.0

85.3

0.609

74.3

92.8

0.003

72.5

88.9

0.027

 Diabetes

21.3

20.6

0.920

17.1

24.6

0.277

12.5

17.8

0.107

 Hypertension

57.4

47.1

0.242

51.4

53.6

0.796

52.5

46.7

0.478

 Hyperlipidemia

13.1

17.6

0.478

8.6

21.7

0.030

7.5

20.0

0.277

 Gastrointestinal disease

4.9

11.8

0.164

10.0

5.8

0.359

5.0

6.7

0.095

 Stroke

1.6

16.2

0.005

2.9

15.9

0.008

2.5

22.2

0.003

 Bone joint disease

16.4

26.5

0.166

7.1

33.3

0.000

2.5

31.1

0.001

Education level

 None

1.6

11.8

0.027

4.2

10.0

0.000

2.4

13.3

0.005

 Elementary school

25.4

32.4

15.5

40.0

14.6

37.8

 Middle school

14.3

20.6

14.1

20.0

12.2

22.2

 High school

27.0

20.6

26.8

21.4

26.8

17.8

  ≥ College

31.7

14.7

39.4

8.6

43.9

8.9

Income (US$)

 < 1000

62.9

75.0

0.357

55.7

82.9

0.007

55.0

84.4

0.137

 1000 - 2000

25.8

17.6

30.0

11.4

30.0

8.9

 2000 - 3000

1.6

2.9

4.3

1.4

2.5

2.2

  ≥ 3000

9.7

4.4

10.0

4.3

12.5

4.4

Marital status

 Living with partner

47.6

38.8

0.208

52.1

37.7

0.053

51.2

34.1

0.272

 Divorced or separated

7.9

6.0

9.9

2.9

12.2

4.5

 Widowed

42.9

49.3

35.2

55.1

34.1

54.5

 Single and never married

1.6

0.0

1.4

0.0

2.4

0.0

Medication

77.4

85.3

0.248

74.6

88.4

0.036

68.3

86.7

0.042

Exercise regularly

84.1

77.9

0.368

87.3

74.3

0.049

92.7

75.6

0.076

Alcohol drinkers

14.3

5.9

0.108

18.3

5.7

0.022

14.6

0.0

0.051

Smoking

 Current

3.2

5.9

0.579

2.8

5.7

0.612

2.4

6.7

0.754

 Past

25.4

29.4

26.8

24.3

31.7

31.1

 Never

71.4

63.2

70.4

68.6

65.9

60.0

  1. Abbreviations: MNA mini nutritional assessment, QOL quality of life
  2. aMNA is divided by two categries: high (≥ 24) and low nutritional status (≤ 23.5)
  3. bQOL, assessed score using the SF-36, was categoried by percentage: high (≥ 50%) and low (< 50%) QOL
  4. cNutritional status & QOL were grouped by combinations of each category of MNA and QOL. Best, high nutritional status and high QOL; worst, low nutritional status and low QOL
  5. dP-values for differences between groups using Chi-square test for proportions and Student's t test for mean. Values in boldface are significant (p < 0.05)
  6. eValues are expressed as percentages
  7. fValues are expressed as means ± SD
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