Table 1.
Eligible Participants (n = 488) | Group Comparison p value (chi-square or t-test) | Excluded Participants (n = 62) | ||
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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