Table 1.

Participant Characteristics in Normal weight and Overweight Groups

	Normal weight	Overweight
N	864	288
Age in 1963, mean (SD)	52.5 (4.1)	52.5 (4.4)
Women, %	68	72
Years of education, mean (SD)	7.3 (2.3)	6.7 (2.0)*
Alive at the end of study, %	20	17
Years of survival after 1963, mean (SD)	37.2 (5.8)	35.3 (4.8)
Ever smoked, %	44	40
Ever used alcohol, %	68	62*
Arterial hypertension, %	50	57*
Congestive heart failure, %	23	29*
Myocardial infarction, %	17	15
Diabetes, %	14	25*
Stroke, %	16	18
APOE ε4 carriera, %	30	35

Note. SD = Standard deviation.

^*p < .05.

^aAvailable for 732 individuals.