. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2019 Jul-Sep;33(3):254–259. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000314

Table 3.

Means¹ for Perceptions about Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Factors by Median Split Age

	≤ Median Age² (n=299)	> Median Age² (n=284)	Z-value, p-value
Genetics	2.7	2.5	NS
Mental Illness	2.5	2.3	−1.98, 0.05
Stress	2.5	2.5	NS
Old Age	2.5	2.6	NS
God’s Will	2.2	2.4	2.32, 0.02
Head Injury	2.4	2.4	NS
Exposure to Toxins	2.2	2.1	−2.05, 0.04
Drinking Too Much Alcohol	2.4	2.4	NS
Smoking Too Much	2.3	2.2	NS

Mean refers to the average of each participant’s response for a potential AD risk factor (e.g. genetics); response options were: 1=Not At All Important, 2=Somewhat Important, 3=Very Important, and 4=Extremely Important

Mean Age = 73.6 Years