Table 4.
Presentation of basic demographic characteristics for cross-section cohort and trajectory cohort characteristics for caregiver and non-caregiver cases.
| Caregivers (Cases) | Non-Caregivers (Controls) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-sectional Cohort N = 1375 |
Trajectory Cohort N = 777 |
p-value | Cross-Sectional Cohort n = 2750 |
Trajectory Cohort n = 1463 |
p-value | |
| Age (mean; SD) | 62.0 (9.9) | 61.7 (9.8) | 0.361 | 61.5 (9.5) | 60.9 (9.6) | 0.492 |
| Ethnic Group (Caucasian; %) | 603 (98.0) | 758 (97.6) | 0.791 | 2454 (97.6) | 1430 (97.8) | 0.735 |
| Gender (female; %) | 865 (62.9) | 479 (61.7) | 0.673 | 1705 (62.0) | 901 (61.6) | 0.302 |
| Relationship (n; %) | ||||||
| Married | 1087 (79.1) | 608 (78.3) | 0.365 | 1866 (67.9) | 973 (66.5) | 0.581 |
| Cohabit | 58 (4.2) | 32 (4.1) | 133 (4.8) | 73 (5.0) | ||
| Neither | 230 (16.7) | 137 (17.6) | 751 (27.3) | 417 (28.5) | ||
| Hours caregiving in past week (mean; SD) | 56.8 (70.2) | 54.7 (71.2) | 0.164 | 54.3 (69.3) | 52.3 (70.6) | 0.236 |