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Global Health Econ Sustain Elderly people with dementia

Table 4. (Continued)
Attributes of PWD Hong Kong Japan Singapore Statistical
(N=164) (N=166) (N=233) comparisons
n % n % n % χ2 df p
Diabetes 12.708 2 0.002**
Yes 52 33.1 71 43.3 61 26.2
No 105 66.9 93 56.7 172 73.8
Hyperlipidemia 91.260 2 0.000***
Yes 61 38.9 31 18.9 155 66.5
No 96 61.1 133 81.1 78 33.5
Heart disease 9.619 2 0.008**
Yes 29 18.5 18 11.0 54 23.2
No 128 81.5 146 89.0 179 76.8
Osteoporosis 3.588 2 0.166
Yes 32 20.4 25 15.2 31 13.3
No 125 79.6 139 84.8 202 86.7
Arthritis 2.274 2 0.321
Yes 25 15.9 22 13.4 25 10.7
No 132 84.1 142 86.6 208 89.3
Parkinson’s Disease 7.218 2 0.027*
Yes 13 8.3 5 3.0 7 3.0
No 144 91.7 159 97.0 226 97.0
Asthma 8.029 2 0.018*
Yes 10 6.4 3 1.8 4 1.7
No 147 93.6 161 98.2 229 98.3
Cancer 9.107 2 0.011*
Yes 17 10.8 5 3.0 12 5.2
No 140 89.2 159 97.0 221 94.8
Depression 11.768 1 0.001**
Yes 22 14.0 0 0.0 10 4.3
No 135 86.0 0 0.0 223 95.7
Mental illness 8.922 2 0.012*
Yes 8 5.1 4 2.4 1 0.4
No 149 94.9 160 97.6 232 99.6
Other disease 44.858 1 0.000***
Yes 34 21.7 0 0.0 130 55.8
No 123 78.3 0 0.0 103 44.2
Family member of PWD has history of psychiatric illness 5.392 1 0.020*
Yes 19 12.2 0 0.0 13 5.6
No 137 87.8 0 0.0 220 94.4
Family member of PWD has history of dementia 4.139 2 0.126
Yes 19 12.3 19 11.9 16 6.9
No 135 87.7 141 88.1 217 93.1
Notes: *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.
Abbreviation: df: Degree of freedom; PWD: Patient with dementia.

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