Table 1. Demographic and health characteristics of H-EPESE subjects according to ADRD status in 2004/05 (n = 1048).
| Variable | ADRD N = 193 |
Non-ADRD N = 855 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cohort | 0.05 | ||
| 1993/94 | 146 (75.6) | 586 (68.5) | |
| 2004/05 | 47 (24.4) | 269 (31.5) | |
| Age at interview | |||
| Mean (SD), years | 83.6 (5.66) | 81.4 (4.73) | <0.01 |
| 75–79 | 55 (28.5) | 366 (42.8) | <0.01 |
| 80–84 | 62 (32.1) | 290 (33.9) | |
| 85+ | 76 (39.4) | 199 (23.3) | |
| Gender | 0.56 | ||
| Male | 73 (37.8) | 343 (40.1) | |
| Female | 120 (62.2) | 512 (59.9) | |
| Age of migration* | 0.29 | ||
| US Born | 106 (56.4) | 504 (59.9) | |
| 0–19 | 22 (11.7) | 69 (8.2) | |
| 20+ | 60 (31.9) | 268 (31.9) | |
| Education | |||
| Mean (SD), years | 3.8 (3.59) | 4.9 (3.95) | <0.01 |
| No formal education | 47 (24.4) | 142 (16.6) | <0.01 |
| Elementary school | 94 (48.7) | 376 (44.0) | |
| Middle-school or higher | 52 (26.9) | 337 (39.4) | |
| Marital status* | 0.78 | ||
| Married | 80 (41.7) | 365 (42.8) | |
| Not married | 112 (58.3) | 488 (57.2) | |
| Language at interview | 0.26 | ||
| English | 28 (14.5) | 153 (17.9) | |
| Spanish | 165 (85.5) | 702 (82.1) | |
| ADL | <0.01 | ||
| Not need help | 63 (32.6) | 583 (68.2) | |
| Need ≥ 1 help | 130 (67.4) | 272 (31.8) | |
| Cognitively impaired | <0.01 | ||
| No | 63 (32.6) | 552 (64.6) | |
| Yes | 130 (67.4) | 303 (35.4) | |
| Charlson comorbidity | |||
| Number of condition | 3.2 (2.20) | 1.9 (1.84) | <0.01 |
| 0 comorbidity | 20 (10.4) | 239 (28.0) | <0.01 |
| 1–2 comorbidities | 64 (33.2) | 326 (38.1) | |
| 3–4 comorbidities | 59 (30.6) | 198 (23.2) | |
| ≥ 5 comorbidities | 50 (25.9) | 92 (10.8) | |
| Mortality | <0.01 | ||
| Alive | 121 (62.7) | 681 (79.6) | |
| Deceased within 2 years | 47 (24.4) | 99 (11.6) | |
| Deceased during 2–3 years | 25 (13.0) | 75 (8.8) |
*Twenty-two participants did not report information for marital status or migration at the wave 5 survey interview.