Table 1.

Demographic characteristics by sex

	Men (n = 729)	Women (n = 722)	p-value
Age at first visit, M ± SD, range	65.8 ± 14.1,27–96	62.5 ± 13.7, 26–99	<0.0001
White, n (%)	525 (72.0)	443 (61.3)	<0.0001
Years of education, M ± SD, range	17.1 ± 2.6,0–30	16.7 ± 2.5, 8–24	0.002
Baseline serum uric acid (mg/dL), M ± SD, range	5.70 ± 1.27,3.1–11.5	4.55 ± 1.33,2.4– 8.6	<0.0001
Cardiovascular risk score M ± SD, range	1.26 ± 1.10,0–6	0.89 ± 0.84, 0–4	<0.0001
Animal protein in grams, M ± SD, range	56.9 ± 29.2, 0–161.9	49.9 ± 28.9,0–247.8	<0.0001
Number of visits, M ± SD, range	2.5 ± 1.7, 1–11	2.4 ± 1.6, 1–11	0.036
Follow-up time in years, M ± SD, range
Mini-Mental State Exam	3.5 ± 3.2,0–11.9	3.8 ± 3.3, 0–11.8	0.87
Memory	3.3 ± 3.2,0–11.7	3.5 ± 3.3, 0–11.7	0.89
Attention	3.2 ± 3.1,0–11.6	3.1 ± 3.1,0–11.6	0.99
Executive function	3.1 ± 3.0,0–11.3	3.1 ± 3.1,0–11.6	0.96
Visuospatial abilities	3.0 ± 3.0,0–11.3	3.0 ± 3.0, 0–11.6	0.99
Language	3.2 ± 3.1,0–11.9	3.3 ± 3.2, 0–11.8	0.99