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. 2011 Nov 14;6(11):e27415. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027415

Table 1. Characteristics of the study population.

N (%) 4135 (100)
Gender, N (%)
Women 1978 (48)
Men 2157 (52)
Ethnicity
European 3963 (96)
Other 172 (4)
Age, mean (SD), y 55 (12)
Age, N (%), y
35–44 920 (22)
45–54 1277 (31)
55–64 1002 (24)
65–74 691 (17)
≥75 245 (6)
Educational level, N (%)
Primary school 406 (10)
Lower secondary education 1225 (29)
Higher secondary education 1108 (27)
University 1396 (34)
APOE ε4 genotype, N (%)
All 3855 (93)
Homozygous carrier (ε4/ε4) 101 (2)
Heterozygous carrier (ε2/ε4 or ε3/ε4) 1065 (26)
Noncarrier 2689 (65)
RFFT score, mean (SD) 69 (26)