Table 1.
Baseline characteristics by race/ethnicity
| Overall | White | Black | Latino | Asian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) or mean (SD) | N (%) or mean (SD) | N (%) or mean (SD) | N (%) or mean (SD) | N (%) or mean (SD) | |
| N | 2350 (100) | 1702 (72.4) | 375 (16.0) | 105 (4.5) | 168 (7.2) |
| Incident Dementia | 771 (32.8) | 537 (31.6) | 145 (38.7) | 37 (35.2) | 52 (31.0) |
| Demographics | |||||
| Age at MHC visit (years; mean (SD)) | 53.0 (6.4) | 52.7 (6.2) | 53.1 (6.5) | 54.8 (7.2) | 54.6 (7.1) |
| Age at start of dementia follow-up in 2010 (years; mean (SD)) | 93.1 (2.6) | 93.1 (2.6) | 92.9 (2.5) | 92.8 (2.8) | 92.8 (2.5) |
| Male | 815 (34.7) | 576 (33.8) | 132 (35.2) | 33 (31.4) | 74 (44.1) |
| Education | |||||
| ≤9th grade | 231 (9.8) | 110 (6.5) | 72 (19.2) | 34 (32.4) | 15 (8.9) |
| 10–12th grade | 704 (30.0) | 461 (27.1) | 155 (41.3) | 31 (29.5) | 57 (33.9) |
| Trade school | <230 | 186 (10.9) | <15 | <15 | 16 (9.5) |
| Some college | <388 | 291 (17.1) | 54 (14.4) | <15 | 28 (16.7) |
| College graduate | <247 | 171 (10.1) | 36 (9.6) | <15 | 25 (14.9) |
| Graduate school | 353 (15.0) | 315 (18.5) | 20 (5.3) | <15 | <15 |
| Missing | <222 | 168 (9.9) | 25 (6.7) | 15 (14.3) | <15 |
| Midlife health conditions | |||||
| Obesity | 171 (7.3) | 92 (5.4) | 62 (16.5) | <15 | <15 |
| High cholesterol | 904 (38.5) | 628 (36.9) | 161 (42.9) | 51 (48.6) | 64 (38.1) |
| Hypertension | 899 (38.3) | 589 (34.6) | 203 (54.1) | 44 (41.9) | 63 (37.5) |
| Late-life health conditions | |||||
| Depression | 621 (26.4) | 489 (28.7) | 77 (20.5) | 26 (24.8) | 29 (17.3) |
| Diabetes | 482 (20.5) | 293 (17.2) | 113 (30.1) | 31 (29.5) | 45 (26.8) |
| Stroke | 664 (28.3) | 504 (29.6) | 92 (24.5) | 27 (25.7) | 41 (24.4) |
| Ischemic heart disease | 853 (36.3) | 605 (35.6) | 141 (37.6) | 42 (40.0) | 65 (38.7) |
| Heart failure | 664 (28.3) | 475 (27.9) | 116 (30.9) | 30 (28.6) | 43 (25.6) |
Notes: Percentages are shown as column percentages.