Table 1.
Demographic and neuropsychological characteristics of the Memory and Aging Project cohort at baseline.
| Characteristics | Whole sample |
|---|---|
| N (%) | 1,662 (100%) |
| Demographics | |
| Age, years (SD) | 79.6 (7.4) |
| Females (%) | 1,253 (75.4) |
| Education, years (SD) | 14.8 (3.2) |
| NART (SD) | 7.9 (2.3) |
| MMSE (SD) | 28.0 (2.0) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 1,550 (93.4) |
| African American | 94 (5.7) |
| Other | 16 (0.9) |
| Genetics | |
| APOE e4 | 334 (23.5) |
| APOE e4e4 | 20 (1.4) |
| Neuropsychological Performance | |
| Word List Recall (SD) | 5.3 (2.4) |
| Logical Memory (SD) | 11.0 (4.3) |
| Boston Naming Task (SD) | 13.9 (1.3) |
| Categories (SD) | 34.1 (9.0) |
| Digits Sum (SD) | 8.3 (2.0) |
| Progressive Matrices (SD) | 11.7 (2.8) |
| Line Orientation (SD) | 10.0 (3.1) |
| Symbol Digits Modalities Test (SD) | 38.2 (10.6) |
| Number Comparison (SD) | 24.4 (7.4) |
| Vascular Risk | |
| Hypertension medication (%) | 868 (52.2) |
| Lipid Lowering Medication (%) | 623 (37.5) |
| Diabetes (%) | 214 (12.9) |
| Cumulative vascular risks (%) | 1,244 (74.8) |
| Cumulative vascular disease (%) | 338 (20.3) |