Table 1.
Descriptive baseline characteristics by dementia status during follow-up
| Parameter | Dementia (n = 1,475) |
No dementia (n = 21,721) |
|---|---|---|
| Demographics | ||
| Mean age (SD) | 73.4 (8.9) | 63.7 (9.9) |
| Age <55 years | 3.5 | 23.5 |
| Age 55–60 years | 5.4 | 20.2 |
| Age 60–65 years | 8.7 | 16.8 |
| Age 65–70 years | 16.5 | 14.6 |
| Age 70–75 years | 22.1 | 11.0 |
| Age >75 years | 43.8 | 13.9 |
| Females (n, %) | 915 (62.0) | 12,110 (55.8) |
| Married and living together with spouse (n, %) | 922 (62.5) | 15,826 (72.9) |
| No educational title (n, %) | 438 (29.8) | 4,746 (21.8) |
| Health behaviours | ||
| Vigorous physical activities, more than once a week (n, %) | 359 (24.4) | 8,371 (38.5) |
| Activities requiring a moderate level of energy, more than once a week (n, %) | 873 (59.2) | 15,633 (72.0) |
| Days a week consumed alcohol last 6 months, almost every day (n, %) | 281 (19.1) | 4,693 (21.6) |
| Actual smoke at baseline (n, %) | 171 (11.6) | 4,241 (19.5) |
| Chronic conditions | ||
| Heart attack (n, %) | 253 (17.2) | 2,439 (11.2) |
| High blood pressure (n, %) | 595 (40.3) | 6,715 (30.9) |
| High cholesterol level (n, %) | 383 (26.0) | 4,567 (21.0) |
| Stroke (n, %) | 119 (8.1) | 659 (3.0) |
| Diabetes (n, %) | 219 (14.8) | 2,040 (9.4) |
| Chronic lung disease (n, %) | 96 (6.5) | 979 (4.5) |
| Asthma (n, %) | 76 (5.2) | 918 (4.2) |
| Arthritis (n, %) | 370 (25.1) | 3,993 (18.4) |
| Osteoporosis (n, %) | 197 (13.4) | 1,579 (7.3) |
| Cancer (n, %) | 74 (5.0) | 1,038 (4.8) |
| Gastrointestinal ulcer (n, %) | 118 (8.0) | 1,235 (5.7) |
| Parkinson’s disease (n, %) | 32 (2.2) | 95 (0.4) |
| Cataracts (n, %) | 225 (15.3) | 1,449 (6.7) |
| Hip fracture (n, %) | 57 (3.9) | 371 (1.7) |
| Multimorbidity (≥2 chronic medical conditions) (n, %) |
757 (51.3) | 7,622 (35.1) |
Data are reported as means with SD for continuous variables and numbers and corresponding percentages for categorical factors.