Table 1.

Population Characteristics by Olfactory Impairment, ARIC Visit 5 (2011-2013, n=5,021)

Characteristics	No Olfactory Impairment Smell Score > 6 n=4447	Olfactory Impairment Smell Score ≤ 6 n=574
Age, mean (SD), years	75.2 (5.0)	76.9 (5.4)
Female sex, n (%)	2680 (60.3)	268 (46.7)
Black Race, n (%)	843 (19.0)	204 (35.5)
< High School Education, n (%)	521 (11.7)	108 (18.8)
Diabetes, n (%)	1193 (27.3)	178 (31.8)
Hypertension, n (%)	3268 (74.0)	429 (75.5)
Prevalent stroke, n (%)	137 (3.1)	29 (5.1)
Ever smoker, n (%)	2581 (58.0)	338 (58.9)
ApoE4 allele ≥ 1, n (%)	1195 (26.9)	194 (33.8)
Memory factor score, mean (SD)	-1.82 (1.00)	-2.34 (1.00)
Language factor score, mean (SD)	0.07 (0.83)	-0.39 (0.89)
Executive functioning/processing speed factor score, mean (SD)	-0.26 (0.39)	-0.50 (0.39)
General cognitive function factor score, mean (SD)	-0.49 (0.80)	-1.04 (0.92)

SD=standard deviation