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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Aug;63(8):1540–1545. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13557

Table 1.

Covariates in Relation to Infectious Burden Index (IBI)

Variable n (%) IBI, Mean±Standard Deviationb

Age at neuropsychiatric assessmenta
 <60 16 (3) 0.74±0.50
 60–65 139 (24) 1.01±0.32
 >65 433 (74) 1.00±0.34

Sexa
 Male 225 (38) 0.95±0.38
 Female 363 (62) 1.02±0.31

Education
 ≥High school 248 (42) 0.86±0.40
 <High school 340 (58) 1.09±0.25

Race and ethnicitya
 White 80 (14) 0.66±0.43
 Black 94 (16) 0.99±0.38
 Hispanic 414 (70) 1.06±0.27

Medicaid or uninsured
 Yes 308 (52) 1.07±0.26
 No 280 (48) 0.91±0.39

Magnetic resonance imaging–defined infarction
 Yes 63 (11) 0.93±0.35
 No 525 (89) 1.00±0.34

White matter hyperintensity volume
 > 0.35 294 (50) 0.99±0.34
 ≤ 0.35 294 (50) 1.00±0.34

Diabetes mellitusa
 Yes 104 (18) 1.06±0.27
 No 484 (82) 0.98±0.35

Hypertension
 Yes 401 (68) 1.00±0.33
 No 187 (32) 0.97±0.36

Hypercholesterolemia
 Yes 384 (65) 0.98±0.34
 No 204 (35) 1.02±0.33

Body mass indexa
 Normal 153 (26) 0.94±0.39
 Overweight 268 (46) 0.99±0.33
 Obese 165 (28) 1.04±0.30

Moderate alcohol usea
 Yes 233 (40) 0.95±0.37
 No 355 (60) 1.02±0.32

Moderate to heavy physical activity
 Yes 53 (9) 0.90±0.42
 No 533 (91) 1.00±0.33

Smoking
 Never 270 (46) 1.01±0.33
 Former 226 (38) 0.97±0.35
 Current 92 (16) 0.99±0.35
a

p<.05 using t-tests or analysis of variance.

b

Range=0–1.35