. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 7.

Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Health Aging. 2009 Dec;13(10):899–905. doi: 10.1007/s12603-009-0249-9

Table 1.

Population characteristics of participants in the Cache County Memory, Health, and Aging Study by gender; baseline interview conducted in 1995

	Male (n=1564)	Female (n=2070)
Age (yrs)	74.19 (6.53)	75.00 (6.75)^***
Education (% >High School)	81.5%	86.6%^***
Dementia (%)	8.9%	10.3%^*
Alzheimer’s (%)	4.7%	6.7%^^
Total energy intake (kcals/d)	2049 (786)	1882 (764)^***
Food folate intake (μg/d)²	303 (124)	331 (128)^***
Multivitamin supplement users (%)	38.6%	45.8%^***
BMI (kg/m²)	26.40 (3.87)	26.05 (4.82)^*
Use Tobacco (% ever)	34.8%	6.9%^***
Use Alcohol (% ever)	27.3%	7.4%^***
Moderate Physical Activity (% Yes³)	89.0%	83.0%^***
Stroke (% Probable/Uncertain)	4.5%	3.5%
MI (% at baseline)	17.5%	8.8%^***
Diabetes (% at baseline)	14.0%	12.0%
ApoE alleles (% 1–2 copies)	32.3%	30.9%

χ ± SD (all such values);

Energy adjusted nutrients from food;

Yes = a few times a month or more;

p<0.05;

^**

<0.01;

^***

p<0.001