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. 2023 Nov 20;20(2):1268–1283. doi: 10.1002/alz.13508

TABLE 1.

Participant characteristics by cohort and ancestry.

non‐Hispanic White (NHW) non‐Hispanic Black (NHB)
Measure ACT ADNI NACC ROS/MAP/MARS ACT ADNI NACC ROS/MAP/MARS
Number of participants 3585 1363 17,159 2109 102 50 2742 523
Number of sessions 18,337 7217 68,628 19,888 481 254 10,374 4022
Number of visits 6.79 (3.00) 7.29 (3.30) 6.37 (3.58) 12.91 (5.77) 6.29 (2.86) 7.12 (3.13) 6.22 (3.58) 10.07 (4.23)
Follow‐up time (years) 7.33 (4.94) 3.06 (2.72) 4.06 (2.92) 6.87 (5.02) 7.05 (4.76) 3.21 (2.89) 4.15 (2.98) 5.80 (4.02)
Baseline age (years) 74.34 (6.50) 74.33 (6.61) 73.97 (8.22) 78.78 (7.43) 73.39 (5.58) 72.07 (5.80) 73.27 (7.80) 72.99 (6.40)
Education (years) 15.02 (3.21) 16.06 (2.78) 15.93 (2.84) 16.36 (3.53) 13.38 (3.66) 15.08 (3.26) 14.33 (3.14) 14.90 (3.53)
APOE ε4 (% positive) 26.16 44.16 40.81 24.99 33 46 46.41 35.95
Baseline diagnosis (% CU/MCI/AD) 100/0/0 38.5/47.3/14.2 50.6/26.3/23.1 70.8/23.9/5.3 100/0/0 46.0/40.0/14.0 54.3/26.1/19.6 71.6/26.7/1.7

Note: Values denoted as mean (standard deviation) or frequency.

Abbreviations: ACT, Adult Changes in Thought; AD, Alzheimer's disease; ADNI, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative; APOE, apolipoprotein E; CU, cognitively unimpaired; MAP, Memory and Aging Project; MARS, Minority Aging Research Study; MCI, mild cognitive impairment; NACC, national Alzheimer's coordinating center; ROS, religious orders study.