TABLE 2.

Characteristics of veterans with an Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) diagnosis in 2018

	Homeless	At-risk	Stably housed
	AD/ADRD N = 7363	AD/ADRD N = 13,667	AD/ADRD N = 190,733
Age, mean (SD)	64.05 (13.10)***	76.96 (11.38)*	76.73 (11.55)
Female, n (%)	367 (4.98%)***	546 (4.00%)***	6354 (3.33%)
Race, n (%)
White	4386 (59.57%)***	9415 (68.89%)***	145,402 (76.23%)
Black	2383 (32.36%)***	2968 (21.72%)***	27,821 (14.59%)
Other	594 (8.07%)***	1284 (9.39%)	17,510 (9.18%)
Married, n (%)	1227 (16.66%)***	5988 (43.81%)***	107,179 (56.19%)
Service-connected disability (priority 1 status), n (%)	1813 (24.62%)***	4712 (34.48%)***	59,215 (31.05%)
Rural, n (%)	1404 (19.07%)***	3392 (24.82%)***	64,614 (33.88%)
Served in combat, n (%)	1049 (14.25%)	2035 (14.89%)	28,112 (14.74%)
Comorbidities, n (%)
Alcohol	2722 (36.97%)***	1255 (9.18%)***	11,862 (6.22%)
Substance abuse	2314 (31.43%)***	791 (5.79%)***	5916 (3.10%)
Rheumatic disease	109 (1.48%)*	283 (2.07%)	3575 (1.87%)
Kidney disease	654 (8.88%)***	2198 (16.08%)***	23,176 (12.15%)
Liver disease	1165 (15.82%)***	776 (5.68%)***	7076 (3.71%)
Depression	3383 (45.95%)***	3986 (29.17%)***	44,633 (23.40%)
Diabetes	2070 (28.11%)***	5143 (37.63%)***	62,089 (32.55%)
Hypertension	4270 (57.99%)***	9076 (66.41%)***	117,251 (61.47%)
Congestive heart failure	691 (9.38%)	1858 (13.59%)***	16,994 (8.91%)
Valvular disease	280 (3.80%)**	771 (5.64%)***	8588 (4.50%)
Lung disease	1742 (23.66%)***	2812 (20.58%)***	32,182 (16.87%)
Post-traumatic stress disorder	2035 (27.64%)***	2032 (14.87%)***	26,462 (13.87%)
Schizophrenia/psychosis	2475 (33.61%)***	2196 (16.07%)***	21,623 (11.34%)
Traumatic brain injury	674 (9.15%)***	530 (3.88%)***	6102 (3.20%)

Notes: P-values compare homeless to stably housed and at-risk to stably housed:

^*P < .05,

^**P < .01,

^***P < .001.

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.