Table 1. Characteristics of PROTECT Norgea cohort participants.
| Characteristics (n=3214)b |
Values |
|---|---|
| Age (years), mean (SD), min/max | 64.1 (7.7), 50.0/89.2 |
| Female, n (%) | 2393 (74.5) |
| Higher education, n (%) | 2503 (77.9) |
| Marital status, n (%) | |
| Married, civil partnership, or cohabiting | 2289 (71.7) |
| Widowed, separated, divorced, or single | 902 (28.3) |
| Working (full-time or part-time), n (%) | 1608 (50.2) |
| High blood pressure, n (%) | 656 (38.3) |
| Mild cognitive impairment, n (%) | 58 (1.8) |
| Hearing loss, n (%) | 818 (29.6) |
| Smoking, n (%) | |
| Current smoker | 153 (5.6) |
| Stopped smoking | 1465 (53.2) |
| BMI (reference: normal), n (%) | |
| Underweight | 24 (0.9) |
| Overweight | 1057 (38.3) |
| Obese | 374 (13.6) |
| Very obese | 26 (0.9) |
a
PROTECT Norge: Platform for Research Online to Investigate Genetics and Cognition in Ageing Norge.
b
This table presents the demographic and health-related characteristics of the participants in the PROTECT Norge cohort study.