Research Article
[Retracted] Diagnostic Values of Advanced Glycation End Products and Homocysteine in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Sarcopenia
Table 1
Basic data in four groups.
| Item | NC | SP | AD | AD+SP | |
| Age (year) | | | | | <0.001 | Gender | | | | | | Male | 19 (65.52) | 40 (61.52) | 23 (58.97) | 20 (57.14) | 0.763 | Female | 10 (34.48) | 25 (38.45) | 16 (41.03) | 15 (42.86) | | BMI () | | | | | <0.001 | Comorbidity | | | | | | Hypertension | 21 (72.41) | 36 (55.37) | 34 (69.23) | 27 (77.14) | 0.008 | DM | 15 (51.72) | 24 (36.91) | 35 (89.74) | 14 (40.00) | 0.012 | Cardiovascular disease | 9 (31.03) | 21 (32. 30) | 16 (41.03) | 15 (42.86) | 0.071 | Cerebrovascular disease | 19 (65.52) | 38 (58.44) | 24 (61.54) | 29 (82.85) | 0.032 | Osteoporosis | 7 (24.08) | 31 (47.68) | 9 (23.08) | 11 (31.43) | <0.001 | Education level | | | | | | ≤6 years | 1 (3.44) | 4 (6.15) | 6 (15.38) | 2 (5.71) | <0.001 | >6 years and <12 years | 14 (48.16) | 28 (43.06) | 20 (51.28) | 26 (74.29) | | ≥12 years | 13 (44.72) | 33 (50.75) | 12 (30.77) | 8 (22.86) | | Currently smoking | 3 (10.32) | 3 (4.61) | 3 (7.69) | 2 (5.71) | 0.407 | Falls in the last 12 months | 8 (27.52) | 2 (33.83) | 12 (30.77) | 9 (25.71) | 0.476 | Daily kinds | 17 (58.48) | 34 (52.29) | 26 (66.66) | 22 (62.85) | 0.243 | Depression | 1 (3.44) | 9 (13.84) | 7 (17.95) | 7 (20.00) | <0.001 | Malnutrition | 2 (6.88) | 18 (27.68) | 8 (20.51) | 21 (60.00) | <0.001 |
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