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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Neurol. 2009 Mar;66(3):343–348. doi: 10.1001/archneur.66.3.343

Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics of Incident AD cases

Variable All Cases (n=156)
Age at diagnosis mean (SD) 83.0±6.4
Male n (%) 45 (28.8)
Education (years) mean (SD) 6.6 ± 4.5
Baseline Cognitive Score mean (SD) −1.14±0.56
Ethnicity n (%)
White/Non-Hispanic 14 (9.0)
Black/Non-Hispanic 46 (29.5)
Hispanic 94 (60.3)
Other 2 (1.3)
Diabetes n (%) 25 (16.0)
Hypertension n (%) 113 (72.4)
Total Cholesterol mean±SD 196.4 ± 36.9
LDL mean±SD 114.5± 34.6
HDL mean±SD 47.2 ± 14.3
Triglycerides mean±SD 173.2± 70.9
Heart Disease n (%) 28 (17.9)
Stroke n (%) 24 (15.4)
Presence of at least one APOE-ε4 allele n (%) 43 (27.6)
Post-incidence follow-up time (years) mean±SD 3.5 ± 2.2