Table 1.
Characteristics (mean (SD) or percent) of Participants; Cache County Study on Memory, Health and Aging; 1995
| Male (n=1564) |
Female (n=2070) |
Pa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yrs) | 74.19 ± 6.5 | 75.00 ± 6.75 | <0.001 |
| BMI (weight in kg/height in m2) | 26.40 ± 3.87 | 26.05 ± 4.82 | 0.019 |
| Education (% high school or greater) | 81.5 | 86.6 | <0.001 |
| Marital status (% married) | 89.6 | 56.4 | <0.001 |
| Ever regularly drink alcohol (%) | 27.3 | 7.4 | <0.001 |
| Ever regularly smoked (%) | 34.8 | 6.9 | <0.001 |
| History of diabetes (%) | 14.0 | 12.0 | 0.077 |
| History of heart attack (%) | 17.5 | 8.8 | <0.001 |
| History of stroke (%) | 4.5 | 3.5 | 0.390 |
| Moderate physical activity (%)b | 76 | 66.1 | <0.001 |
| Multivitamin use (%) | 38.6 | 45.8 | <0.001 |
| 3MSEc scores | 90.55 ± 6.9 | 91.67 ± 6.11 | <0.001 |
| Ready-to-eat cereal (RTEC) (servings/day) |
0.46 ± 0.56 | 0.45 ± 0.48 | 0.592 |
| Recommended food score (RFS) | 29.3 ± 8.9 | 29.2 ± 8.5 | 0.748 |
| Whole-grain containing RTEC (%)d | 59.9% | 65.9% | <0.001 |
a
p-value for analysis of variance, or Chi-square distribution
b
Participates in moderate physical activity at least two times per week
c
Modified mini-mental state examination scores
d
Whole-grain containing RTEC is defined as RTEC with > 25% of total grains as whole grains; the percent of participants who reported eating whole-grain containing RTEC.