Table 2.
Characteristics of study subjects by gender and marital status
| Characteristic | Marital status |
p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| married | single | divorced, separated | widowed | ||
| Men | (n = 805) | (n = 44) | (n = 17) | (n = 38) | |
| Age, years | 66.26 ± 7.49 | 70.23 ± 7.43 | 63.08 ± 5.96 | 78.31 ± 78.90 | <0.0001 |
| Education, primary and below | 314 (39.0) | 32 (72.7) | 8 (47.1) | 23 (60.5) | <0.0001 |
| Current and ex cigarette smoker | 290 (36.0) | 22 (50.0) | 8 (47.1) | 12 (31.6) | 0.197 |
| Regular alcohol drinker | 184 (22.9) | 3 (6.8) | 5 (29.1) | 4 (10.5) | 0.020 |
| Physical activities score | 2.87 ± 2.02 | 2.25 ± 1.66 | 2.12 ± 1.97 | 1.41 ± 1.91 | <0.0001 |
| Social activities score | 2.73 ± 2.29 | 1.57 ± 2.13 | 2.00 ± 1.71 | 1.97 ± 1.86 | 0.001 |
| Productive activities score | 3.09 ± 1.90 | 1.93 ± 1.89 | 3.29 ± 1.80 | 2.89 ± 2.22 | 0.001 |
| Hypertension | 458 (56.9) | 26 (59.1) | 10 (58.8) | 26 (68.4) | 0.566 |
| Diabetes | 147 (18.3) | 7 (15.9) | 3 (17.6) | 5 (13.2) | 0.856 |
| Heart disease | 73 (9.1) | 6 (13.6) | 3 (17.6) | 5 (13.2) | 0.396 |
| Stroke | 44 (5.5) | 5 (11.4) | 3 (17.6) | 0 (0) | 0.025 |
| APOE ε4 carrier | 126 (15.7) | 4 (9.1) | 7 (41.2) | 6 (15.8) | 0.047 |
| Depression (GDS score ≥5) | 94 (11.7) | 15 (34.1) | 4 (23.5) | 11 (28.9) | <0.0001 |
| MMSE total score | 27.76 ± 2.54 | 22.89 ± 6.94 | 27.59 ± 2.45 | 25.61 ± 4.21 | <0.0001 |
| Women | (n = 1,052) | (n = 107) | (n = 59) | (n = 376) | |
| Age, years | 63.84 ± 6.39 | 63.04 ± 7.10 | 64.40 ± 6.72 | 70.78 ± 8.18 | <0.0001 |
| Education, primary and below | 594 (56.5) | 36 (33.6) | 34 (57.6) | 284 (75.5) | <0.0001 |
| Current and ex cigarette smoker | 38 (3.6) | 6 (5.6) | 3 (5.1) | 30 (8.0) | 0.009 |
| Regular alcohol drinker | 41 (3.9) | 3 (2.8) | 5 (8.5) | 17 (4.5) | 0.313 |
| Physical activities score | 2.47 ± 2.01 | 2.44 ± 1.82 | 1.93 ± 2.10 | 2.28 ± 1.98 | 0.121 |
| Social activities score | 3.60 ± 2.64 | 3.36 ± 2.49 | 3.95 ± 2.77 | 3.20 ± 2.37 | 0. 037 |
| Productive activities score | 4.35 ± 1.63 | 4.43 ± 2.19 | 4.35 ± 1.61 | 4.00 ± 1.80 | 0.007 |
| Hypertension | 529 (50.3) | 37 (34.6) | 36 (61.0) | 243 (64.6) | <0.0001 |
| Diabetes | 142 (13.6) | 14 (13.1) | 7 (11.9) | 81 (21.5) | 0.002 |
| Heart disease | 33 (3.1) | 6 (5.6) | 0 (0) | 17 (4.5) | 0.170 |
| Stroke | 26 (2.5) | 0 (0) | 2 (3.4) | 13 (3.5) | 0.240 |
| APOE ε4 carrier | 171 (16.3) | 16 (15.0) | 14 (23.7) | 58 (15.4) | 0.386 |
| Depression (GDS score ≥5) | 133 (12.6) | 18 (16.8) | 14 (23.7) | 52 (13.8) | 0.076 |
| MMSE total score | 26.97 ± 3.28 | 27.00 ± 4.91 | 27.68 ± 2.76 | 25.28 ± 4.49 | <0.0001 |
Figures are means ± SD or numbers with percentages in parentheses.