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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2020;76(4):1477–1491. doi: 10.3233/JAD-200320

Table 1.

Population characteristics of SALSA participants at baseline by dementia/ CIND status established during follow-up.

SALSA analysis population No Dementia/CIND CIND Dementia Dementia/CIND

Variable, Mean ± SD/n (%) N=1564 N=1410 N=67 N=100 N=154
Age (y) 70.2 ± 6.8 69.7 ± 6.8 73.8 ± 7.8* 76.7 ± 7.6* 75.4 ± 7.7*
Male 656 (41.9) 598 (42.4) 25 (37.3) 36 (36.0) 58 (37.7)
Primarily Language: Spanish 886 (56.7) 791 (56.1) 43 (64.2) 61 (61.0) 95 (61.7)
Education (y) 7.3 ± 5.3 7.5 ± 5.3 6.0 ± 5.9* 5.5 ± 4.4* 5.7 ± 5.1*
Cigarette Smoking, Current/Former 745 (47.6) 666 (47.2) 36 (53.7) 51 (51.0) 79 (51.3)
Occupation
 Non-manual 341 (21.8) 328 (23.3) 13 (8.4)* 8 (8.0)* 13 (8.4)*
 Manual 944 (60.4) 841 (60.0) 103 (66.9)* 68 (68.0)* 103 (66.9)*
 Other (housewives and unemployed) 279 (17.8) 241 (17.1) 38 (24.7)* 24 (24.0)* 38 (24.7)*
Urban Residence 1359 (86.9) 1228 (87.1) 58 (86.6) 86 (86.0) 131 (85.0)
CALINE4 TRAP (NOx) ppb (mean) 2.59 ± 2.2 2.58 ± 2.2 2.81 ± 2.5 2.65 ± 2.2 2.68 ± 2.2
≤ 2.68 (T3) ppb 1034 (66.1) 936 (66.4) 44 (66.1) 63 (63.0) 98 (63.6)
>2.68 ppb 530 (33.9) 474 (33.6) 23 (34.3) 37 (37.0) 56 (36.4)
NSES (1 low to 5 high) 2.09 ± 1.0 2.10 ± 1.0 1.96 ± 1.0 2.10 ± 1.9 2.00 ± 1.0
CA Residential County
 Sacramento 1221 (78.1) 1108 (78.6) 50 (74.6) 76 (76.0) 113 (73.4)
 Yolo 199 (12.7) 172 (12.2) 10 (14.9) 17 (17.0) 27 (17.5)
 Other 144 (9.2) 130 (9.2) 7 (10.4) 7 (7.0) 14 (9.1)
Baseline type 2 diabetes 500 (32.0) 432 (30.6) 30 (44.8)* 45 (45.0)* 68 (44.2)*
Baseline 3MSE 85.9 ± 11.5 86.7 ± 78.6* 82.1 ± 11.1* 76.5 ± 17.8* 78.6 ± 16.0*
*

P-value<0.05 based on t-test or chi-square, compared to no dementia/CIND group

Solano, Calaveras, Placer, Stanislaus, Sutter, Yuba

CALINE4= California Line Source dispersion model 4; CVD=cardiovascular disease; CIND=cognitive impairment, non-dementia; ppb=parts per billion; T3=tertile 3; T2DM=type 2 diabetes mellitus; TRAP=traffic-related air pollution;