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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2018 Jan 24;119(5):552–558. doi: 10.1017/S0007114517003804

Table 1.

Weighed characteristics of the study variables (N=1,723), NHANES, 2011–2014.

Variable Point Estimate (SE)
Entire
Sample
1st Quartile 2nd Quartile 3rd Quartile 4th Quartile
Age, mean years 68.4 (0.2) 69.3 (0.4) 68.7 (0.3) 67.5 (0.4) 68.2 (0.5)
Gender, % Female 58.4 67.4 57.6 56.2 51.9
Race-Ethnicity, % non-Hispanic White 81.8 82.6 81.9 81.4 81.4
Smoking Status, %
  Every day 8.2 2.9 5.9 8.3 15.3
  Some days 1.3 0.3 1.8 0.8 2.2
  Former smoker 37.1 40.7 38.1 35.4 33.8
  Never smoker 53.6 55.9 54.0 55.3 48.5
Body Mass Index, mean kg/m2 28.3 (0.2) 27.1 (0.2) 28.3 (0.3) 28.8 (0.4) 28.9 (0.3)
Sleep, hrs/night 7.2 (0.03) 7.2 (0.1) 7.1 (0.1) 7.2 (0.1) 7.1 (0.1)
Depression, mean PHQ-9 2.4 (0.1) 2.3 (0.2) 2.1 (0.1) 2.2 (0.1) 2.8 (0.2)
Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity, mean min/week 138.1 (8.7) 170.9 (15.8) 151.1 (16.5) 128.8 (15.2) 98.4 (10.6)
Dietary Inflammatory Index, mean −0.25 (0.07) −2.79 (0.05) −0.78 (0.02) 0.56 (0.02) 2.21 (0.03)
CERAD Word Learning
  Trial 1, mean words 5.2 (0.1) 5.2 (0.1) 5.1 (0.1) 5.3 (0.1) 5.0 (0.1)
  Trial 2, mean words 7.2 (0.1) 7.3 (0.1) 7.2 (0.1) 7.2 (0.1) 6.9 (0.1)
  Trial 3, mean words 8.0 (0.1) 7.9 (0.1) 8.0 (0.1) 7.9 (0.1) 7.9 (0.1)
  Delay Trial, mean words 6.6 (0.1) 6.7 (0.1) 6.5 (0.2) 6.6 (0.1) 6.3 (0.1)
Animal Fluency, mean number of animals 18.9 (0.2) 19.4 (0.4) 19.1 (0.3) 18.7 (0.3) 18.1 (0.3)
Digit Symbol Substitution Test, mean 55.9 (0.6) 57.2 (1.1) 56.4 (1.1) 56.1 (1.2) 53.3 (1.0)