Table 1.

Characteristics of subjects at examination cycle 7 (1998–2001)

Characteristic	Women	Men
n	1,311	1,128
Age (years)	61 ± 9	61 ± 9
High-school degree	97.3	95.5
Current cigarette smoking	12.8	11.9
Systolic blood pressure	125 ± 20	127 ± 17
ApoE4	22.8	22.6
Plasma homocysteine (μmol/L)	7.7 ± 2.5	9.1 ± 4.1
CRP (mg/L)	4.5 ± 5.4	3.7 ± 6.8
IL-6 (pg/mL)	3.8 ± 4.5	4.0 ± 5.8
Diabetes	7.2	13.3
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	99 ± 22	108 ± 29
HbA1c (%)	5.6 ± 0.8	5.7 ± 1.1
HOMA-IR (mmol/L × µU/mL)	3.9 ± 3.7	5.0 ± 4.2
Fasting insulin (μU/mL)	15.6 ± 12.5	18.7 ± 14.2
Time interval (years)
Examination 7 to MRI	0.8 ± 0.8	0.8 ± 0.9
Examination 7 to cognitive test	0.8 ± 0.9	0.8 ± 0.9

Continuous data are presented as mean ± SD; categoric data as percentages.