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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Sep 4;63(9):1774–1782. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13634

Table 1. Demographic and Health-Related Characteristics of Women with Any Cognitive Impairment (Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Probable Dementia Combined) According to Driving Status (N = 385).

Characteristic Current Drivers, n = 200 Former Drivers, n = 185 P-Value
Age, mean ± standard deviation 83.1 ± 3.1 84.3 ± 3.9 <.001
Race, n (%)
 Caucasian 172 (86.0) 170 (91.9)
 African American 17 (8.5) 13 (7.0)
 Other 11 (5.5) 2 (1.1) .07
Education, n (%)
 >High school 138 (69.0) 131 (70.8)
 ≤High school 56 (31.0) 54 (29.2) .70
Annual family income, $, n (%)
 <20,000 45 (25.6) 45 (25.6)
 20,000–49,999 106 (57.6) 99 (56.3)
 ≥50,000 33 (17.9) 32 (18.2) .96
Hormone therapy use, n (%) 97 (48.5%) 93 (50.3%) .69
Hypertension, n (%) 145 (72.5) 137 (74.1) .73
Hyperlipidemia, n (%) 78 (39.6) 73 (40.6) .85
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 37 (18.5) 35 (18.9) .92
Coronary artery disease, n (%) 37 (18.5) 38 (20.5) .61
History of stroke, n (%) 8 (4.0) 15 (8.1) .09
Parkinson’s disease, n (%) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.6) .48
Visual impairment, n (%) 156 (78.0) 148 (81.3) .42
Arthritis, n (%) 153 (76.5) 149 (81.0) .28
Geriatric Depression Scale score, median (IQR) 1 (0.5–3) 3 (1–5) .004
Type of cognitive impairment
 MCI 120 (60.0) 58 (31.4)
 Probable dementia 80 (40.0) 127 (68.6) <.001
Cognitive test score, median (IQR)
 Modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status 27 (25–29) 25 (22–28) <.001
East Boston Memory Test
 Immediate recall 8 (7–9) 8 (6–9) .75
 Long delay 7 (3–8) 5 (0–8) .002
Trail-Making Test, seconds
 Part A 11 (9–12) 11 (9–14) .01
 Part B 80.5 (44.5–300) 93 (46–300) .16
Animal Fluency 12 (10–15) 11 (8–14) .006
Digit Span forward 6 (5–8) 7 (6–8) .02
Digit Span backward 5 (4–6) 5 (3–6) .70
Proxy report of trouble driving, n (%) 50 (25.0) 181 (97.8) <.001

IQR = interquartile range.

P-values based on t-test or Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables; chi-square test or Fisher exact test for categorical variables.