From: An analysis of influencing factors of oral frailty in the elderly in the community
Item | Physical weakness period (n = 278) | Early stage of physical frailty (n = 58) | No physical weakness (n = 44) | χ2/Z/F value | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age(year, \(\overline{\mathrm x}\) ± s) | 77.28 ± 4.67 | 70.362 ± 4.87 | 66.50 ± 3.63 | 139.258 | < 0.05 |
Hight(m, \(\overline{\mathrm x}\) ± s) | 1.63 ± 0.07 | 1.63 ± 0.07 | 1.64 ± 0.04 | 11.052 | < 0.05 |
Weight(kg, \(\overline{\mathrm x}\) ± s) | 59.42 ± 7.92 | 64.79 ± 14.52 | 56.57 ± 9.31 | 0.725 | 0.485 |
Sex(Man/Woman) | 137/141 | 32/26 | 40/4 | 26.599 | < 0.05 |
Marriage (Yes/No) | 274/4 | 58/0 | 43/1 | - | 0.640 |
Residence(town/rural aera) | 232/46 | 55/3 | 29/15 | 15.004 | < 0.05 |
Smoke(number) | 220 | 50 | 36 | 1.583 | 0.453 |
Drink(number) | 98 | 23 | 15 | 0.467 | 0.792 |
Standard of culture(number) | 6.362 | 0.042 | |||
Bachelor degree and above | 66 | 9 | 11 | ||
College for professional training | 39 | 14 | 20 | ||
Secondary / high school | 45 | 7 | 0 | ||
Junior high school and below | 128 | 28 | 13 | ||
Inhabiting information(number) | 6.640 | < 0.05 | |||
Live by oneself | 62 | 21 | 15 | ||
Cohabiting with others | 216 | 37 | 29 | ||
Family annual income(RMB) | 2.835 | 0.242 | |||
< 10,000 | 16 | 4 | 3 | ||
10000 ~ 30000 | 80 | 19 | 18 | ||
> 30000 | 182 | 35 | 23 | ||
Occupation | 0.534 | < 0.05 | |||
Farmer | 102 | 23 | 16 | ||
Retiree | 103 | 21 | 18 | ||
Miscellaneous | 73 | 14 | 10 | ||
Number of chronic diseases(number) | 40.082 | < 0.05 | |||
0 | 23 | 13 | 14 | ||
1 | 67 | 21 | 18 | ||
≥ 2 | 188 | 24 | 12 | ||
Number of teeth[number,M(P25,P75)] | 14(2.3, 20.1) | 22(18.0, 23.1) | 25(22.0, 26.0) | 8.216 | < 0.05 |
Number of dentures[number,M(P25,P75)] | 7(3.0, 21.0) | 3(1.0, 18.0) | 0(0, 2.0) | 6.772 | < 0.05 |
Xerostomia(number) | 132 | 15 | 5 | 26.349 | < 0.05 |
Subjective chewing difficulty(number) | 109 | 13 | 3 | 21.461 | < 0.05 |
OF score(\(\overline{\mathrm x}\) ± s) | 7.28 ± 4.67 | 6.71 ± 2.03 | 6.16 ± 1.54 | 6.913 | < 0.05 |
Oral Health Score[M(P25,P75)] | 6.0(3.0, 7.0) | 4.0(2.0, 6.0) | 2.0(1.0, 4.0) | 7.748 | < 0.05 |
Nutritional Status(number) | 7.358 | < 0.05 | |||
Normal | 138 | 34 | 31 | ||
Dystrophy | 140 | 24 | 13 | ||
Sleep Quality(number) | 24.150 | < 0.05 | |||
Worse | 112 | 10 | 6 | ||
General | 70 | 17 | 7 | ||
Good | 96 | 31 | 31 |