Table 1.
Demographic characteristics by APOE genotype and TC level
| Characteristic | Total | Not Demented |
Demented | Desirable TC |
High TC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size | 123 | 85 | 38 | 53 | 70 |
| Age at baseline Mean (S.D.) |
51.2 (5.4) |
50.1** (5.0) |
53.6** (5.5) |
50.2* (4.9) |
51.9* (5.7) |
| Sex n, (%) | |||||
| Male | 28 (22.8) | 17 (20.0) | 11 (28.9) | 13 (24.5) | 15 (21.4) |
| Female | 95 (77.2) | 68 (80.0) | 27 (71.1) | 40 (75.5) | 55 (78.6) |
| Level of MR n (%)† | |||||
| Mild/moderate | 56 (48.3) | 43 (53.8) | 13 (36.1) | 22 (44.9) | 34 (50.7) |
| Severe/profound | 60 (51.7) | 37 (46.3) | 23 (63.9) | 27 (55.1) | 33 (49.3) |
| Body Mass Index Mean (S.D.) |
28.6 (6.0) | 29.4 (6.2)* | 26.9 (5.2)* | 28.5 (6.8) | 28.7 (5.4) |
| TC level mean (S.D.) | 205.7 (33.1) |
204.8 (35.0) |
207.7 (28.8) |
177.0** (17.6) |
227.4** (24.4) |
| APOE Genotype | |||||
| ∈4 Allele present | 102 (82.9) | 72 (84.7) | 30 (78.9) | 41 (77.4) | 61 (87.1) |
| ∈4 Allele not present | 21 (17.1) | 13 (15.3) | 8 (21.1) | 12(22.6) | 9 (12.9) |
†
N < 123 because of missing data
*
p < .10
**
p < .05