Assessment of the Health Status of the Oldest Olds Living on the Greek Island of Ikaria: A Population Based-Study in a Blue Zone
Table 4
Standardized geriatric assessment of participants.
Parameter
Females
Males
Total
n/N (%) or mean ± SD ()
n/N (%) or mean ± SD ()
n/N (%) or mean ± SD ()
GDS-15
<5
22/35 (62.9)
25/33 (75.8)
47/68 (69.1)
0.331
≥10
6/35 (17.1)
2/33 (6.1)
8/68 (11.8)
MMSE (/30)
≥24
8/20 (40.0)
20/26 (76.9)
28/46 (60.9)
0.011
Mean ± SD (N)
21.4 ± 5.6 (20)
25.5 ± 3.6 (26)
23.7 ± 5.0 (46)
<0.001
ADL (/6)
≥5
22/37 (59.5)
30/34 (88.2)
52/71 (73.2)
0.053
<3
10/37 (27.0)
4/34 (11.8)
14/71 (19.7)
IADL
High
19/37 (51.4)
21/34 (61.8)
40/71 (56.3)
0.358
Medium
6/37 (16.2)
7/34 (20.6)
13/71 (18.3)
Low
12/37 (32.4)
6/34 (17.6)
18/71 (25.4)
BMI (kg/m2)
<18.5
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0.896
18.5–24.9
13/33 (39.4)
14/31 (45.2)
27/64 (42.2)
25–29.9
14/33 (42.4)
12/31 (38.7)
26/64 (40.6)
≥30
2 6/33 (18.)
5/31 (16.1)
11/64 (17.2)
Grip strength (kg)
17.0 ± 6.7 (28)
26.5 ± 8.9 (33)
22.1 ± 9.3 (61)
<0.001
: number of subjects for each category of the considered parameter, : number of subjects who were assessed for each parameter in each group (females, males or total), SD: standard deviation, GDS-15: geriatric-depression-scale-15 items, MMSE: mini-mental-state-examination, ADL: activities of daily living, IADL: instrumental activities of daily living, BMI: body mass index.Chi-2 test or Fisher’s exact test for frequencies and Student’s unpaired t-test for means were used.
