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. 2019 Mar 18;75(7):e81–e92. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbz031

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics

N = 497
Key demographics
 Age (years) 73.5 (6.2)
 Sex (male:female ratio) 124:374
 Education (years) 14.9 (3.5)
 Mini-Mental State Examination 27.8 (2.3)
 Body mass index 30.0 (6.4)
 CVD-RF Burden 1.5 (0.86)
Early-life educational experience
 Attended Public School (%) 91.5
 Full-time (%) 94.8
 Legally segregated (Y:N:DK) 189:308:1
 Segregation exposure (years) 8.9 (3.8)
Cognitive composite scores
 Global cognition 0.03 (0.54)
 Episodic memory 0.03 (0.65)
 Semantic memory 0.04 (0.72)
 Working memory 0.03 (0.75)
 Perceptual speed 0.02 (0.77)
 Visuospatial ability 0.03 (0.78)

Notes. CVD-RF = cardiovascular disease risk factor; Y = yes; N = no; DK = do not know. All values are mean (SD), unless otherwise noted.