TABLE 1.
Characteristics of the entire HRS sample.
| HRS | Men | Women | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APOE4 Carrier | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| N | 4,674 | 1,678 | 6,545 | 2,430 | 11,219 | 4,108 |
| Continuous variables: mean (standard deviation) | ||||||
| Entry age | 57.86 (7.82) | 57.64 (7.20) | 56.68 (9.21) | 56.17 (8.65) | 57.17 (8.68) | 56.77 (8.39) |
| End of follow-up age | 75.33 (10.44) | 75.01 (10.13) | 75.14 (11.44) | 74.52 (10.96) | 75.22 (11.04) | 74.72 (10.63) |
| Birth cohort | 1,940.68 (11.38) | 1,940.82 (11.08) | 1,941.26 (12.20) | 1,941.89 (11.72) | 1,941.02 (11.87) | 1,941.45 (11.47) |
| Dichotomous variables: N (percentage): number and percentage of individuals in group “1” | ||||||
| Education, Highschool+ | 4,166 (89.38) | 1,488 (89.00) | 5,902 (90.41) | 2,212 (91.33) | 10,068 (89.98) | 3,700 (90.38) |
| Ever smoked | 3,132 (67.41) | 1,135 (68.25) | 3,139 (48.25) | 1,225 (50.72) | 6,271 (56.23) | 2,360 (57.87) |
| AgeMaxW | 562 (37.24) | 179 (33.65) | 848 (40.57) | 239 (32.34) | 1,410 (39.18) | 418 (32.89) |
| SlopeW | 705 (51.31) | 225 (46.20) | 990 (52.83) | 292 (43.00) | 1,695 (52.19) | 517 (44.34) |
| Survival85 | 929 (53.27) | 315 (47.73) | 1,411 (64.84) | 444 (57.66) | 2,340 (59.69) | 759 (53.08) |
| Race: Black | 545 (11.67) | 319 (19.02) | 945 (14.45) | 538 (22.15) | 1,490 (13.29) | 857 (20.87) |
| Race: White | 3,442 (73.69) | 1,182 (70.48) | 4,599 (70.31) | 1,619 (66.65) | 8,041 (71.71) | 2,801 (68.22) |
| Cancer | 1,192 (25.50) | 439 (26.16) | 1,398 (21.36) | 524 (21.56) | 2,590 (23.09) | 963 (23.44) |
| Cardiovascular disease | 2,200 (47.07) | 774 (46.13) | 2,587 (39.53) | 990 (40.74) | 4,787 (42.67) | 1,764 (42.94) |