Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the analytical sample (N = 789)

Variables	Overall	Quintile of Total Sugar Intake
		First Q1	Second Q2	Third Q3	Fourth Q4	Fifth Q5	p ∧
N	789	158	158	158	157	158
Total sugar intake, grams/day (median)	102	71	89	102	115	133	n/a
Percent calories from total sugar (median)	24%	17 %	22%	24%	27%	32%	<0.0001
Age, y; mean ± SD	79.0 ± 7.1	78.0 ± 7.8	78.8 ± 7.2	78.8 ± 7.1	80.0 ± 6.5	79.3 ± 6.7	0.07
Female, %	76 %	82 %	81 %	72 %	71 %	75 %	0.08
Education, y; mean ± SD	15.0 ± 3.0	14.6 ± 2.8	15.3 ± 3.1	15.2 ± 3.0	15.1 ± 3.1	14.7 ± 3.0	0.16
APOE ε4, %	21%	21%	23%	20%	18%	22%	0.86
MIND diet score; mean ± SD	7.9 ± 1.8	7.4 ± 1.2	7.6 ± 1.6	8.0 ± 1.9	8.0 ± 1.6	8.2 ± 1.9	0.008
Total Calories from other sources/day*; mean ± SD	1,308 ± 408	1,440 ± 537	1,365 ± 416	1,337 ± 359	1,545 ± 443	1,121 ± 292	<0.0001
Physical activity, hours/week; mean ± SD	3.3 ± 3.9	3.3 ± 4.1	2.8 ± 2.7	3.1 ± 3.4	4.3 ± 5.5	3.4 ± 3.3	0.15
Alcohol intake (grams/day); mean ± SD	4.5 ± 8.8	7.8 ± 13.8	5.0 ± 8.4	4.4 ± 7.2	2.8 ± 5.6	2.5 ± 4.6	0.002
Diabetes, %	12%	14%	16%	11%	10%	11%	0.87

^*Total calories from sources other than total sugar.

^∧(ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis chi-square test).