Table 2 Distribution of the older person according to health history at Assiut City
Variables | Not members in geriatric club (n = 200) | Members in geriatric club (n = 100) | Chi or t value | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % | No | % | |||
Length (mean ± SD) | 164.18 ± 7.31 | 166.21 ± 6.05 | − 2.396 | 0.017* | ||
Weight (mean ± SD) | 75.47 ± 10.37 | 79.27 ± 10.51 | − 2.982 | 0.003* | ||
BMI | 8.843 | 0.065 | ||||
Underweight | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.0 | ||
Healthy | 50 | 25.0 | 13 | 13.0 | ||
Overweight | 88 | 44.0 | 50 | 50.0 | ||
Obese | 60 | 30.0 | 36 | 36.0 | ||
Extreme or high-risk obesity | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Mean ± SD | 28.06 ± 3.96 | 28.69 ± 3.52 | − 1.351 | 0.178 | ||
Chronic diseasesa | 27.860 | < 0.001* | ||||
Hypertension | 92 | 46.9 | 42 | 49.4 | ||
Diabetes | 96 | 49.0 | 41 | 48.2 | ||
Kidney diseases | 61 | 31.1 | 12 | 14.1 | ||
Liver diseases | 27 | 13.8 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Rheumatoid | 40 | 20.4 | 5 | 5.9 | ||
Gastrointestinal diseases | 33 | 16.8 | 11 | 12.9 | ||