Table 2.

Descriptive Details of Tested Sample at each Wave

	Wave
	1	2	3	4
Age	75.7 (4.2)	79.3 (3.9)	81.3 (3.8)	83.5 (3.6)
Years of education	10.9 (2.6)	11.0 (2.6)	11.2 (2.7)	11.2 (2.6)
Area deprivation	−1.9 (3.0)	−2.1 (2.8)	−2.1 (2.8)	−2.1 (2.8)
Systolic BP	159.7 (23.4)	159.7 (20.9)	162.2 (23.6)	155.3 (25.0)
Diastolic BP	86.0 (10.4)	86.6 (10.3)	86.2 (9.8)	78.4 (11.6)
Logical Memory		33.6 (14.0)	35.1 (15.0)	35.1 (14.4)
Raven’s		27.9 (8.8)	27.1 (8.8)	27.8 (8.9)
Male (%)	39	39	35	35
Living alone (%)	40	68	54	54
Physical illness (%)	0	49	63	76
On medication (%)	0	42	59	63
N	603	387	287	201

Entries are mean (SD) for continuous variable.