Table 1.

Cohort-stratified distributions of cognitive test scores among rural Chinese

	Pre-famine		Born during the famine period						Post-famine
	1958 cohort		1959 cohort		1960 cohort		1961 cohort		1962 cohort		1963 cohort
	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	N
2011 baseline
TICS (range: 0–10)	6.89	404	7.06	327	7.14	307	7.22	291	7.44	522	7.30	595
	(2.80)		(2.63)		(2.74)		(2.57)		(2.59)		(2.50)
Episodic memory (range: 0–10)	3.55	377	3.65	293	3.82	277	3.52	269	3.98	493	3.90	546
	(1.60)		(1.60)		(1.71)		(1.52)		(1.66)		(1.74)
Draw pentagons (binary: 0/1)	0.69	404	0.67	327	0.72	307	0.70	291	0.74	522	0.72	595
	(0.46)		(0.47)		(0.45)		(0.46)		(0.44)		(0.45)
General cognition (range: 0–21)	11.37	377	11.40	293	11.81	277	11.55	269	12.18	493	12.06	546
			(3.76)		(4.00)		(3.55)		(3.74)		(3.50)
	(3.79)
2013 follow-up
TICS (range: 0–10)	6.67	338	7.09	281	6.93	258	7.04	246	7.15	436	7.36	478
	(2.98)		(2.82)		(2.73)		(2.70)		(2.73)		(2.63)
Episodic memory (range: 0–10)	3.59	338	3.73	280	3.87	258	3.85	246	4.04	436	3.99	479
	(1.68)		(1.85)		(1.88)		(1.69)		(1.76)		(1.78)
Draw pentagons (binary: 0/1)	0.61	338	0.65	281	0.71	258	0.68	246	0.73	436	0.75	478
	(0.49)		(0.48)		(0.46)		(0.47)		(0.45)		(0.43)
General cognition (range: 0–21)	10.86	338	11.48	280	11.50	258	11.58	246	11.91	436	12.11	478
			(4.23)		(4.05)		(3.96)		(4.01)		(3.92)
	(4.11)
Baseline control variables	%		%		%		%		%		%
Male	57.18		44.34		46.58		45.70		46.36		44.71
Living with spouse	87.38		87.77		89.25		86.25		88.70		89.75
Education
No formal education	23.02		26.30		20.52		16.49		15.90		12.94
< = Middle school	60.64		54.74		55.05		66.67		66.67		73.78
> = High school	16.34		18.96		24.43		16.84		17.43		13.28