Table 1.
Subject demographics
Variable of interest | Daily/weekly fish consumption (n=163) | Infrequent fish consumption (n=97) | t-test/chi-square | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 78.3 (3.54) | 78.4 (3.31) | 0.37 | 0.71 |
Gender (percent (n) male) | 44 (71) | 34 (33) | 2.31 | 0.15 |
Education (percent (n) >grade 12) | 71 (116) | 58 (56) | 4.9 | 0.03 |
Race (percent (n) white) | 95 (155) | 96 (93) | 0.90 | 1.0 |
APOE4 allelea | 76 (116) | 75 (70) | 0.04 | 0.88 |
Hypertensiona | 53 (87) | 60 (58) | 1.22 | 0.30 |
WMG 3+a | 65 (105) | 59 (57) | 0.83 | 0.43 |
MRI infarctsa | 75 (122) | 72 (70) | 0.23 | 0.37 |
3MSE | 96.7 (3.67) | 95.5 (5.41) | −2.21 | 0.03 |
Percent (n) present.
3MSE, Modified Mini-Mental State examination; APOE4, apolipoprotein E4; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; WMG, white matter grade