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. 2020 Feb 28;20:91. doi: 10.1186/s12888-020-2469-9

Table 1.

Study sample demographics and univariate analyses

Eligible Participants (n = 488) Group Comparison p value (chi-square or t-test) Excluded Participants (n = 62)
Dementia (n = 109) No Dementia (n = 379)
Age n = 109 n = 379 n = 62
-mean age in years (SD) 79.04 (0.55) 79.08 (0.59) 0.540 79.09 (0.53)
Sex n = 109 n = 379 n = 62
% female 62.4% 55.9% 0.230 58.1%
Living or deceased n = 109 n = 379 n = 62
% deceased 80.7% 87.3% 0.081 29.0%
MMSE score at baseline n = 109 n = 379 n = 60
mean score (SD) 28.10 (1.64) 28.33 (1.46) 0.156 27.27 (2.67)
APOE ɛ4 carrier status n = 109 n = 373 n = 61
% carrier APOE ɛ4 41.3% 22.5% < 0.001 27.9%
Age 11 IQ (standardised) n = 101 n = 339 n = 53
mean score (SD) 100.19 (16.18) 100.22 (14.53) 0.982 98.21 (15.63)
Smoking status n = 108 n = 379 n = 62
% ever smoker 42.6% 61.7% < 0.001 50.0%
Lifetime smoking packs* n = 108 n = 376 n = 58
mean total packs (SD) 4359.83 (8016.04) 6616.27 (8740.85) 0.016 3880.78 (6609.45)
History of hypertension n = 108 n = 375 n = 61
% positive history 35.2% 41.9% 0.212 41.0%
History of diabetes n = 109 n = 379 n = 62
% positive history 4.6% 5.8% 0.624 1.6%
History of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease n = 104 n = 373 n = 59
% positive history 28.9% 28.2% 0.889 22%
EEAA n = 88 n = 295 n = 53
mean (SD) 0.37 (7.27) 2.35 (8.41) 0.047 −0.27 (6.68)
IEAA n = 88 n = 295 n = 53
mean (SD) −0.64 (5.60) 0.80 (6.84) 0.074 0.59 (5.13)
AgeAccelGrim n = 88 n = 295 n = 53
mean (SD) −1.30 (4.14) 0.66 (4.64) < 0.001 −0.39 (4.91)
AgeAccelPheno n = 88 n = 295 n = 53
mean (SD) 0.21 (6.56) 1.75 (7.63) 0.087 0.53 (6.55)

Note.*Lifetime smoking packs calculated by number of packs (20 cigarettes) smoked per year multiplied by the number of years smoking